Pressed by UK lawmakers, Anthropic, Google, Meta, OpenAI differ on AI regulation | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

By Patricia Figueiredo ( October 13, 2026, 17:34 GMT | Insight) -- Anthropic, Google DeepMind, Meta Platforms and OpenAI defended different approaches to AI regulation when grilled by UK lawmakers at a high-profile parliamentary hearing Tuesday afternoon. While broadly agreeing on the need for external scrutiny and safety testing, executives for the four companies differed on how binding AI rules should be and what commitments they are prepared to make. Speaking at the Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee, the companies were questioned about how they collaborate with the UK's AI Security Institute, and broadly committed to giving the institute access to unreleased models as long as they are "legally allowed" to.Anthropic, Google DeepMind, Meta Platforms and OpenAI presented different stances on regulation of artificial intelligence when grilled by UK lawmakers at a high-profile parliamentary hearing Tuesday afternoon....