OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger said his Anthropic Claude account was suspended on Friday over alleged “suspicious” activity, only to be reinstated a few hours later after the incident went viral. The brief ban followed Anthropic’s decision to stop covering third‑party tools like OpenClaw under its standard subscription, forcing users to pay for API usage separately. Steinberger, now employed by OpenAI, argued the move was a paywall on open‑source tooling and sparked a heated online debate about pricing, competition and the future of AI agents. Read more →

OpenAI testified in favor of Illinois Senate Bill 3444, which would protect developers of frontier AI models from civil liability for "critical harms" such as mass casualties or billion‑dollar property damage, provided they publish safety reports and avoid reckless conduct. The legislation defines a frontier model as one trained with over $100 million in compute costs and aims to create uniform standards while limiting state‑by‑state regulatory patches. Critics warn the bill could reduce accountability, but OpenAI argues it balances safety with innovation. Read more →