AI Development

UK parliamentary committee questions OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind and Meta on AI safety

October 13, 2026 · High importance · policy

The House of Commons Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee held an evidence session with policy executives from the four labs plus former researchers and UK officials. OpenAI and Anthropic supported binding statutory rules and mandatory elements such as incident reporting, while Google DeepMind and Meta emphasized standards over binding legislation. Officials confirmed the UK testing regime remains voluntary.

Date
October 13, 2026
Importance
High 4/5
Category
policy
Axis of Change
Regulatory Constraint
Organizations
OpenAI Anthropic Google DeepMind Meta UK Parliament
Models Affected
No specific model identified
  1. 01 wired.com
  2. 02 courthousenews.com