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title: "OpenAI and Anthropic tell UK lawmakers they want to be regulated"
url: https://www.parallelquant.com/posts/openai-and-anthropic-tell-uk-lawmakers-they-want-to-be-regulated-ea73ca
source_name: "WIRED"
source_url: https://www.wired.com/story/openai-and-anthropic-tell-british-lawmakers-regulate-us/
published: 2026-10-13T19:35:29.000Z
topics: ["policy", "security"]
publisher: "Parallel Quant"
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# OpenAI and Anthropic tell UK lawmakers they want to be regulated

*2026-10-13 · Source: [WIRED](https://www.wired.com/story/openai-and-anthropic-tell-british-lawmakers-regulate-us/)*

Leaders from OpenAI and Anthropic joined whistleblowers and security figures at a parliamentary session in Britain, calling for regulation of AI developers. Nearby, Britain's spy chief warned that AI could be used to help create new bioweapons.

**Why it matters:** Labs asking for rules, paired with a intelligence-chief bioweapon warning, strengthens the political case for binding UK legislation rather than voluntary commitments. It lands in the same week as calls for mandatory containment-failure reporting, suggesting regulatory momentum is building around security and misuse rather than model capability alone.

**Topics:** policy, security

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