Anthropic and OpenAI look to Uncle Sam to make them too big to fail

The Register argues in a column that Anthropic and OpenAI are stoking fear about AI to gain government protection and slow competitors. The companies are far from profitable and depend on capital inflows, while Chinese open models are rapidly catching up to the frontier.

• Anthropic and OpenAI have not turned a profit for years despite hundreds of billions in investment
• Chinese open models are catching up to the frontier with fewer resources
• Amodei calls to 'slow the frontier' for safety
• Altman and Musk also backed the idea of slowing AI development