News / Analysis · 2026-10-29
Computerworld compares submissions to California: Anthropic’s October 15 letter proposes that the attorney general seek a court-ordered suspension informed by independent evaluation; OpenAI’s October 20 letter proposes an enforceable developer duty to maintain and use effective shutdown controls when lesser intervention is inadequate. These are recommendations, not enacted requirements. Both acknowledge limits on controlling independently operated open-weight models.
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Original sourceLast updated: October 29, 2026
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