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Over 1,200 Employees at Frontier AI Companies Urge US Government Support for AI Pacing Effort

Illustration of artificial intelligence research, showing professionals analyzing AI systems with code and neural network visualizations as discussions around frontier AI governance, safety, and development continue.

Researchers and executives from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta,, and other frontier AI companies are urging US government support for AI pacing tools, arguing competition makes it hard for individual companies to slow down.

Why Anthropic Is the Only AI Company Missing From the Open-Weight AI Letter?

Anthropic is the only company that has not signed the open-weight AI support letter.

Anthropic is the only major U.S. AI developer absent from a joint letter signed by more than 75 technology companies urging Congress to support open-weight AI models. While OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Meta and others backed the initiative, Anthropic’s decision has drawn attention, particularly as the letter defends AI distillation, a practice the company has repeatedly criticized in disputes involving Chinese AI firms

Anthropic CEO Dario Contributes $1 Million to ‘Public First’ PAC That Supports Greater AI Regulations

Dario Amodei has contributed $1 million to Public First PAC.

The individual contribution by Dario comes in the wake of Anthropic advocating for a globally coordinated pause on Frontier AI research by AI companies.

“Race to Build Smarter-Than-Human AI Extremely Unpopular”: Hundreds Protest in San Francisco

Protestors from a 13-organisation coalition march through San Francisco on July 11, demanding a halt to frontier AI development.

Hundreds marched to the San Francisco offices of Google, OpenAI and Anthropic on July 11, demanding a moratorium on frontier AI development. In an exclusive conversation with AI FrontPage, Evitable CEO David Krueger said the race to build smarter-than-human AI is “extremely unpopular” and proceeding despite active public resistance.

“For India, Sovereign AI Cannot Sensibly Mean Technological Isolationism”: Former G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant

Amitabh Kant, former G20 Sherpa and former CEO of NITI Aayog, argues that India must stay 'rooted in its own capability, connected to the world.'

“A country is not sovereign because it owns every technology it uses. It is sovereign when it is not dependent on a single provider, a single geography or a single political decision”, says Amitabh Kant in an exclusive interview with AI FrontPage.

Palantir CEO Slams “Tokenmaxxing” by AI Companies, Bats for AI Sovereignty With Product Launch

Palantir CEO Alex Karp criticised the token-based business model of AI labs such as OpenAI and Anthropic, days after the company posted a nine-point manifesto on AI sovereignty. (Representative image)

In a post on X, the company said AI sovereignty determines an institution’s future, adding that sovereignty is the precondition for choice — and slammed “tokenmaxxing,” the pursuit of high AI token usage that it says creates an addictive feeling of false progress.

Anthropic Re-instates Claude Fable Worldwide, Says Willing to Share Mythos with Other Nations

Anthropic announced Wednesday that it will reinstate Claude Fable model worldwide for users after ban by US government

On June 12, U.S. government had put Claude Fable and Claude Mythos under export control citing national security.

California, Anthropic Partner to Offer Claude to State Agencies at 50% Discount

California partners with Anthropic to expand Claude across state agencies under a new government AI agreement.

Governor Gavin Newsom announced the partnership, which extends Claude access to California’s local governments and includes free workforce training, technical assistance and workflow support from Anthropic developers.

Post Ban, Anthropic Allowed to Re-deploy Claude Mythos 5 to U.S. Companies

Anthropic claimed that it has been allowed to re-deploy Claude Mythos 5 to select group of U.S. companies, weeks after it was banned by the U.S. government.

Anthropic informed that it would continue discussion with the government to restore access for these organizations quickly, and to expand access to Mythos 5 and make Fable 5 for the use of the general public

OpenAI, Microsoft, Amazon, Anthropic Back RAISE US for AI Workforce Transition

RAISE US, backed by OpenAI, Microsoft, Amazon and Anthropic, aims to help the U.S. workforce transition to an AI economy through training, career support and workforce programs.

The nonprofit will seek private and philanthropic funding to support training and career transitions for U.S. workers adapting to the AI economy.