OpenAI and Anthropic executives warn hard-to-control Chinese open models pose cybersecurity risks (report)
Announced October 14, 2026
Verified (fact)
According to AI Times (Korea) citing Bloomberg, OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar and Anthropic head of international business Guillaume Princen pointed to the security risks of Chinese open models at an international AI summit in Dublin on the 14th (local time). Their reason was that users can download, modify, and run these models on their own hardware, making them hard to control. Friar urged companies considering Chinese models to weigh safety and security as well.
Why it matters (interpretation)
US frontier companies are publicly stressing the risks of open models. This could influence corporate model procurement criteria and regulatory discussions.
Confidence medium · official source pending
Sources
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