Anthropic must be in some way better in that they do have some red lines and do truly stand on them (and if they didn’t, like every other company doesn’t seem to, we’d never have even known)?
But the desire and ability to control non-citizens en masse is nothing like the threat a government is to its own citizens.
In practice the two activities have very different natures and impact.
per announcement, openai can include safety systems of their own making, including ones to prevent their red lines from being crossed. that seems to be a more robust solution, including in the face of an untrustworthy government