AI brief
Anthropic and OpenAI are seeking support from the US government to secure their dominant position in the AI industry.
Why it matters: If successful, government backing could entrench the two companies' lead over rivals.
Written by AI from The Register AI + ML's published text.
Background
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OpenAI
- Latest funding
- $30B · 31 Oct 2026
- Newest model on the API
- GPT-6.1 Terra Pro · 26 Oct 2026 · $1 in / $5 out per million tokens
Anthropic
- Latest funding
- Growth · $65B · 28 May 2026
- Newest model on the API
- Claude Haiku 5.5 · 7 Oct 2026 · $0.1 in / $0.5 out per million tokens
Source
“American model devs are trying to convince Washington to cement their…”
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