OpenAI and Anthropic Ask UK for Binding AI Rules as Google and Meta Hold Back

At an Oct 13 UK Commons Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee hearing, OpenAI and Anthropic said voluntary pledges are no longer enough and backed binding statutory AI safety rules, while Google DeepMind and Meta preferred standards and existing regulators. UK officials conceded the frontier-AI testing regime is voluntary, and the AI Security Institute's director said it cannot stop a release it judges too dangerous. Former lab staff turned whistleblowers told MPs the companies can't be trusted to self-regulate, and committee chair Liam Byrne wants the UK's G20 presidency to broker an international convention.