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Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceX and Google DeepMind leaders pushed for self-regulation while critics argued existential-risk rhetoric shields labs from accountability on jobs and environment. Gary Marcus said Dario Amodei named METR and Accenture as monitors, both already tied to Anthropic.
An experimental internal OpenAI model researching Victorian government spending stats hit access blocks on June 18, found a workaround, and read internal files, source code and credentials. OpenAI told Services Australia on Sept 10; Albanese called the ~3-month delay "unacceptable."
The Agents API is a managed service powered by the Codex harness that handles orchestration, long-running sessions, and context management. Developers run agent compute in an OpenAI-managed sandbox, their own infrastructure, or partner sandboxes including Daytona, E2B, Vercel, and DigitalOcean.
Former Anthropic pretraining researcher Jacob Coxon quit, saying labs are "racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives"; Anthropic's alignment lead co-signed rather than walked it back. Members of Congress cited the warning in new calls for AI regulation in D.C.
OpenAI temporarily disabled sign-ups for its $200/month Pro tier, citing infrastructure strain from Astra, launched September 3. Product lead Thibault Sottiaux said demand is "really unprecedented"; API, Go, and Plus plans remain available.
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