European AI firms including Mistral rejected requests from Anthropic to slow the development of advanced models, alleging that security concerns are a tool for market control. Reports from insiders indicate that OpenAI and Anthropic exaggerated AI security breaches to encourage the US government to protect their market positions.

The companies claim that US rivals weaponize safety warnings to entrench their dominance and create regulatory barriers for emerging competition. This conflict intensifies as European developers struggle to bridge the technological gap with the United States AI sector through the use of more open development frameworks.