Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Everyone thinks OpenAI just signed the exact deal Anthropic refused. That's not the full picture.
Here's what actually happened.
OpenAI got the deal first, then a few days later went back and quietly tightened their own wording. The update said their tools wouldn't be used for domestic surveillance of US persons, including through commercially bought personal data, and that certain intelligence uses would need a fresh agreement. They narrowed the autonomous weapons language too.
So OpenAI didn't say yes to everything Anthropic said no to.
Anthropic just drew the line earlier, harder, and out in the open. OpenAI found a path through to get the deal, then moved the terms closer to where Anthropic had been pushing all along.
That's the part people miss. It was never one clean company saying no and another saying yes.
Both were already deep inside the government, and both ended up near the same place. They just got there very differently. #short
Everyone thinks OpenAI just signed the exact deal Anthropic refused. That's not the full picture.
Here's what actually happened.
OpenAI got the deal first, then a few days later went back and quietly tightened their own wording. The update said their tools wouldn't be used for domestic surveillance of US persons, including through commercially bought personal data, and that certain intelligence uses would need a fresh agreement. They narrowed the autonomous weapons language too.
So OpenAI didn't say yes to everything Anthropic said no to.
Anthropic just drew the line earlier, harder, and out in the open. OpenAI found a path through to get the deal, then moved the terms closer to where Anthropic had been pushing all along.
That's the part people miss. It was never one clean company saying no and another saying yes.
Both were already deep inside the government, and both ended up near the same place. They just got there very differently. #short
