OpenAI and Anthropic Tell British Lawmakers: Regulate Us

At a UK parliamentary hearing, OpenAI and Anthropic said voluntary pledges are no longer enough and called for binding AI safety laws. Google DeepMind and Meta declined to back new legislation, pointing to existing regulators.

• Anthropic: binding rules needed, voluntary commitments are not enough
• OpenAI backed a statutory framework and international convention, starting with incident reporting
• Google DeepMind and Meta declined to support new legislation
• MI5 chief warned AI could raise the stakes on bioweapons