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If the Markets Reject OpenAI and Anthropic, the US Should Nationalize Them

This essay was written with Nathan E. Sanders, and originally appeared in The Guardian. OpenAI, and then Anthropic, were each formed by AI developers who feared unrestrained corporate AI development—specifically, that companies like Goog…

What happened

The latest analysis post sets out a development that is directly relevant to security operators. This essay was written with Nathan E. OpenAI, and then Anthropic, were each formed by AI developers who feared unrestrained corporate AI development—specifically, that companies like Google and Meta would steer the technology towards deleterious, maybe even catastrophically unsafe, outcomes for society.

Why it matters

This matters because AI-related risk increasingly shows up through deployment choices, interfaces, and governance gaps rather than model headlines alone.

Assessment

The strongest signal here is not just the headline event, but the wider pattern it points to. In practice, that means operators should read this as a broader signal over noise item rather than a narrow one-off.

  • Monitor follow-on reporting or primary-source updates for scope expansion, implementation guidance, or stronger enforcement signals

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