# Sources: top execs at Anthropic, OpenAI, and others are gaming out scenarios for a public and political revolt following a catastrophic AI event (Maria Curi/Axios) — retained record

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[Anthropic PBC](https://highsignal.app/entities/ANTHROPIC)[original source ↗](https://www.axios.com/2026/10/09/ai-companies-day-after-major-attack)

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Techmeme permalink: https://www.techmeme.com/261009/p26#a261009p26

<a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/10/09/ai-companies-day-after-major-attack"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/261009/i26.jpg" vspace="4" /></a>
<p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/261009/p26#a261009p26" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Maria Curi / <a href="https://www.axios.com/">Axios</a>:<br />
<span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/10/09/ai-companies-day-after-major-attack">Sources: top execs at Anthropic, OpenAI, and others are gaming out scenarios for a public and political revolt following a catastrophic AI event</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; - The first example of significant real-world harm caused by unsafe AI would turn an already wary public further against the technology and its leaders &hellip; </p>
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