AI just got scarier
16 April 2026

AI just got scarier

Today, Explained

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Anthropic and OpenAI are proving the inherent difficulties in trusting AI companies with our future.

This episode was produced by Dustin DeSoto, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Gabriel Dunatov, engineered by David Tatasciore, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI Inc. Photo by Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg via Getty Images.

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