{"id":128291,"date":"2026-08-03T19:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T19:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/128291\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T19:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T19:03:08","slug":"anthropic-openai-face-new-eu-ai-crackdown-as-regulators-gain-enforcement-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/128291\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthropic, OpenAI Face New EU AI Crackdown as Regulators Gain Enforcement Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"block core-block\">The European Commission has expanded its authority to oversee the world\u2019s most advanced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/topic\/artificial-intelligence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">artificial intelligence systems, <\/a>giving regulators new powers to scrutinize general-purpose AI models before they are released across the European Union.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">The new oversight regime is part of the EU\u2019s phased rollout of the <a href=\"https:\/\/digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu\/en\/policies\/regulatory-framework-ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">AI Act,<\/a> which was approved in 2024 and is designed to create stricter guardrails around high-impact AI technologies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Henna Virkkunen, the European Commission\u2019s executive vice president for tech sovereignty, security and democracy, warned that the risks from advanced AI models require heightened scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">&#8220;Harms can occur if AI is not properly designed and used and the most advanced models create risks on an entirely new scale,&#8221; Virkkunen said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">The move increases regulatory pressure on leading AI companies including Anthropic and OpenAI, which are among the developers building some of the world\u2019s most powerful foundation models.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">The crackdown also adds another point of tension between the U.S. and Europe over technology policy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">CNBC reported that Washington and Brussels have clashed over Europe\u2019s efforts to reduce reliance on American technology companies and impose penalties on U.S.-based firms. After European regulators issued Google a \u20ac1 billion penalty under Digital Markets Act rules in July, President Donald Trump threatened the EU with a &#8220;substantial&#8221; tariff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Regulatory exposure may also extend beyond where an AI company is headquartered. Elisabetta Righini, a partner at Sidley Austin, told CNBC that U.S. companies cannot avoid EU oversight simply by operating outside the bloc.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">&#8220;A U.S. address does not put a lab outside the EU regulators\u2019 reach,&#8221; Righini said, noting that non-European AI providers must appoint an EU-based authorized representative to communicate with regulators.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Righini added that companies could face penalties not only for model-related safety failures but also for failing to cooperate with regulators.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">&#8220;What\u2019s rarely appreciated is that GPAI liability isn\u2019t limited to substantive breaches: refusing an information request, giving misleading answers, or blocking a model evaluation is fineable on its own,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">OpenAI said it has been working with European regulators as the new framework takes effect. Tom Gordon, OpenAI\u2019s vice president for EMEA policy, told CNBC that the company has &#8220;collaborated closely with the European Commission and the wider ecosystem on implementing the AI Act, including its Codes of Practice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Google also said it expects to comply with the new requirements as the rules and related guidance are implemented.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Photo: Shutterstock<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The European Commission has expanded its authority to oversee the world\u2019s most advanced artificial intelligence systems, giving regulators&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":128292,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[53,8111,7776,5892,5891,7707,7779,9466,8114],"class_list":["post-128291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anthropic","tag-anthropic","tag-category-markets","tag-category-private-markets","tag-cms-wordpress","tag-pageisbzpro-bz","tag-tag-anthropic","tag-tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-tag-openai","tag-tag-stories-that-matter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}