What's Scarier Than Agents Taking over Internet? CEO Cartel Trying Take over AI

gz5 20 points 2 comments September 17, 2026
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gz5

and meanwhile OpenAI adds to the Anthropic-stoked fire: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/technology/openai-model-s...

tadfisher

Remember when various crypto systems were barred from international export because they were treated like munitions? When you had to get what amounted to an arms dealer license to distribute open-source software overseas? Yeah, this is just as much bullshittery. It's worse than a total ban, it's a naked power grab by billionaires that doesn't need to happen. Regulatory capture at its worst.

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