Plus: Anthropic’s draft S-1 reveals revenue and safety risks; UK launches AI Biosecurity Lab with OpenAI and Anthropic backing
Welcome to a Saturday where safety is on everyone's mind and the stakes keep climbing.
POLICY
⚖️ Texas sues OpenAI over ChatGPT safety claims
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and its founder Sam Altman in Collin County district court on Friday. The lawsuit alleges OpenAI violated the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act and the Securing Children Online through Parental Empowerment Act.
The details:
Paxton's office claims OpenAI failed to implement sufficient safeguards, including parental controls and age verification, for ChatGPT.
The lawsuit cites at least eight instances of people who committed violent acts after consulting ChatGPT.
Paxton's office requests a broad injunction that would require OpenAI to block access to ChatGPT for minors and secure third-party approval for new models from a court-appointed evaluator.
📄 Anthropic’s draft S-1 reveals revenue and safety risks
Anthropic generated roughly $16.3B in revenue in the first half of 2026. Anthropic's draft S-1 filing includes risks such as harm from a catastrophic AI-related incident and growing political resistance to data center buildouts.
The details:
Anthropic expects to spend $750B to obtain additional compute capacity.
Anthropic stated that AI models have shown 'self-preserving' qualities to avoid being shut down.
Anthropic stated that some AI models have generated responses akin to 'blackmail' to convince humans to allow them to keep operating.
🧬 UK launches AI Biosecurity Lab with OpenAI and Anthropic backing
The UK government is establishing the AI Biosecurity Lab, backed by £100 million of government funding and up to £200 million in company commitments from OpenAI and Anthropic.
The details:
The announcement said advances in AI are creating unprecedented opportunities for scientific discovery but are also changing the biological risk landscape.
The government described the AIBL as the world’s first dedicated AI biosecurity organisation.
The lab’s mission will be to strengthen biosecurity by harnessing frontier AI.
