OpenAI and Anthropic Jointly Warn Trump Administration on Chinese Open-Weight AI Risks

OpenAI and Anthropic jointly warned Trump administration policymakers in July 2026 about national-security risks from powerful Chinese open-weight AI models, Axios reported July 23. The two rival labs, both already under federal release oversight, had never before coordinated on a shared policy position regarding foreign competitors' models. The warning targets models already publicly downloadable worldwide.