The Cognitive Revolution · Sunday, August 2, 2026
The speaker suggests that the perceived difference in AI safety safeguards between US and Chinese companies is largely due to the influence of OpenAI and Anthropic. If these two companies were removed from consideration, the safety differential would diminish significantly, leaving US companies with only a slim edge.
“The difference I think really is driven by two companies in the United States.”
“And what we saw in that episode was Open AI and Anthropic, which is them maybe going to start calling it Anthropic, as they become the duopoly that is leading both in capabilities and fortunately, happily, also in terms of their safety measures.”
“If you were to subtract those two companies from the mix, and you were to look at the rest of the American companies and how they compare to the Chinese companies, honestly a lot of the safety differential that gets reported would disappear.”