It’s not about Anthropic vs. OpenAI anymore

The U.S. government is now controlling which AI models can be publicly released, putting both OpenAI and Anthropic in the same difficult position. After pulling Anthropic's Mythos model months ago, GPT 5.6 now faces the same approval bottleneck — approved customer by customer. With no clear testing standards or defined risks, experts warn the industry needs to unite around sensible regulation rather than use government oversight as a competitive weapon.