--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "f5517994a87114cdb0922debe9fa5a3c8625df233f8ee11db9754eff9b8c3d60" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/f5517994?lang=en" title: "OpenAI and Anthropic Wargame Failed AI Bans After System Disaster" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-10-09T18:24:30.000Z" category: "Regulation" topics: ["openai","regulation"] source_urls: ["https://huggingnews.com/ai/update-openai-and-anthropic-wargame-failed-ai-bans-after-system-disaster-cbd41083","https://x.com/JimVandeHei/status/2108495293620650261","https://x.com/kimmonismus/status/2108499354252181521","https://x.com/m_ccuri/status/2108542758130487739","https://x.com/AndrewCurran_/status/2108561854998196239","https://x.com/niubi/status/2108510800084078893","https://x.com/jon_stokes/status/2108585496691515820","https://x.com/teortaxesTex/status/2108616663570755861"] summary: "Executives at OpenAI and Anthropic are privately simulating government responses to potential AI-driven crises, including scenarios where attempts to ban AI development fail. These simulations envision large-scale cyberattacks disabling banking, power, water, and internet access, with some scenarios assuming an event in 2027." --- # OpenAI and Anthropic Wargame Failed AI Bans After System Disaster > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-10-09T18:24:30.000Z **Category:** Regulation **Topics:** openai, regulation ## Summary Executives at OpenAI and Anthropic are privately simulating government responses to potential AI\-driven crises, including scenarios where attempts to ban AI development fail\. These simulations envision large\-scale cyberattacks disabling banking, power, water, and internet access, with some scenarios assuming an event in 2027\. ## Sources - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]()