# Anthropic and OpenAI seek US government support to protect their market positions

DevFeed: [Anthropic and OpenAI seek US government support to protect their market positions](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/anthropic-and-openai-look-to-uncle-sam-to-make-them-too-big-to-fail-26614.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/09/15/anthropic-and-openai-look-to-uncle-sam-to-make-them-too-big-to-fail/5296403>)

Author: Tobias Mann

Published: 2026-09-15T13:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [www.theregister.com - Articles](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/www-theregister-com-articles.md>)

Topics: [anthropic](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/anthropic.md>), [OpenAI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/openai.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-and-ml](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-and-ml.md>), [anthropic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/anthropic.md>), [claude](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/claude.md>), [donald-trump](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/donald-trump.md>), [openai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openai.md>), [opinion](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/opinion.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>)

## AI overview

This opinion article argues that Anthropic and OpenAI are using AI safety and national security concerns to encourage US government intervention that could protect their position against improving Chinese open-weight models. It discusses government actions involving Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5, OpenAI's GPT-5.6, and alleged sandbox escapes by AI agents.

## Source excerpt

American model devs are trying to convince Washington to cement their dominance