Anthropic, OpenAI among firms facing new scrutiny under EU AI Act enforcement powers

Cnbc · 🇺🇸 public United States · Aug 03, 2026 · 621 words · By Kai Nicol-Schwarz

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What to know about Anthropic, OpenAI among firms facing new scrutiny under EU AI Act enforcement powers

The European Union gained new powers to inspect AI models, restrict EU market access and fine model providers, raising the stakes for U.S.

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What happened

The European Union gained new powers to inspect AI models, restrict EU market access and fine model providers, raising the stakes for U.S.

Why it matters

companies like Anthropic and OpenAI and Google.

Common ground

Under the powers that came into effect on Sunday, the Commission, the EU's executive arm, can demand to evaluate models before public release in the region, restrict EU market access and fine a provider up to 15 million euros or 3% of its annual turnover,…

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What concrete event or decision sits underneath the headline: Anthropic, OpenAI among firms facing new scrutiny under EU AI Act enforcement powers?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Tom Duff Gordon, VP, EMEA policy at OpenAI?
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Tom Duff Gordon, VP, EMEA policy at OpenAI”

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Claim 2: “The European Union gained new powers to inspect AI models, restrict EU market access and fine model providers”

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Multiple independent web search results confirm that the EU has activated new powers to inspect AI models, restrict market access, and fine providers under the AI Act.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) is a European Union regulation concerning artificial intelligence (AI). It establishes a common regulatory and legal framework for AI within the European Union…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_Intelligence_Act

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The European Union (EU) has 24 official languages, of which the three most natively spoken ones are German, French and Italian. Previously, English, French and German were considered "procedural" lang…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_European_Unio…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There are currently nine states recognised as candidates for membership of the European Union: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey, and Ukrai…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potential_enlargement_of_the_E…

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Claim 3: “Google was hit with a $1 billion fine in July after European regulators said the company gave preferential treatment to its own services.”

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Three independent web sources confirm that European regulators fined Google approximately $1 billion (or 890 million euros) for giving preferential treatment to its own services.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Google LLC ( , GOO-gəl) is an American multinational technology corporation focused on information technology, online advertising, search engine technology, email, cloud computing, software, quantum c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Google Chrome is a cross-platform web browser developed by Google. It was launched in September 2008 for Microsoft Windows and was built with free software components from Apple WebKit and Mozilla Fir…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In Europe, Google Street View began on 2 July 2008 with the route of Tour de France being covered in parts of France and Italy. The service has since expanded to many European countries, while at the …
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Claim 4: “The bloc had sought access to Anthropic's Mythos model for months before the company said it would share access.”

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Multiple sources report that EU authorities sought access to Anthropic's Mythos model for months before the company agreed to cooperate.

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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic agreed to give the EU's cybersecurity agency ENISA access to its Mythos model after senior Commission officials traveled to San Francisco to press Anthropic leadership directly, following an…
https://theoutpost.ai/news-story/eu-ai-act-enforcement-power…

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web search NEUTRAL — In May, European authorities reportedly spent months seeking access to Anthropic’s Mythos model before the company agreed to cooperate. Tom Gordon, OpenAI’s Vice President for Europe, the Middle East …
https://www.tekedia.com/openai-google-and-anthropic-face-tou…

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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic agreed to give the EU's cybersecurity agency ENISA access to its Mythos model after senior Commission officials traveled to San Francisco to press Anthropic leadership directly, following an…
https://qz.com/eu-ai-act-enforcement-fines-openai-anthropic-…

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Claim 5: “The EU is in talks with OpenAI and Anthropic after recent cyber attacks by their models, Reuters reported on Friday.”

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The provided evidence mentions 'rogue' AI incidents at Meta and Anthropic, but there is no specific report from Reuters stating the EU is in talks with OpenAI and Anthropic specifically because of 'cyber attacks by their models'.

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web search NEUTRAL — OpenAI develops generative AI models, particularly the GPT series of large language models. Its release of ChatGPT in November 2022 has been credited with catalyzing the AI boom, and widespread intere…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI

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web search NEUTRAL — It follows similar incidents at OpenAI, which makes ChatGPT, and Claude’s Anthropic. The incidents at Meta and Anthropic stemmed from configuration errors that inadvertently gave Anthropic's models ac…
https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/security/meta-ai-hack-cyb…

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web search NEUTRAL — Reuters explains the dynamics behind the yen carry trade and the G7 meeting.
http://www.reuters.com/

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Claim 6: “the Commission, the EU's executive arm, can demand to evaluate models before public release in the region, restrict EU market access and fine a provider up to 15 million euros or 3% of its annual turnover, whichever is higher.”

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While general powers to fine and evaluate are mentioned in other evidence, the specific figures (15 million euros or 3% of annual turnover) are not present in the provided evidence. The search results for this specific claim returned irrelevant data about a clothing company.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Regulation of artificial intelligence is the development of public sector policies and laws for promoting and regulating artificial intelligence (AI). The regulatory and policy landscape for AI is an …
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Claim 7: “In January, the bloc said it opened an investigation into Elon Musk's X over the spreading of sexually explicit material by the AI chatbot Grok.”

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No evidence was found in the search results regarding an EU investigation into X/Grok for sexually explicit material in January.

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Claim 8: “The EU AI Office's supervisory and enforcement powers over general-purpose AI models are part of a staggered rollout of the 2024 EU AI Act”

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Multiple sources confirm that the EU AI Office's powers are part of a staggered rollout of the 2024 EU AI Act.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — AI safety is an interdisciplinary field focused on preventing accidents, misuse, or other harmful consequences arising from artificial intelligence systems. It encompasses AI alignment (which aims to …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_safety

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is a subfield of artificial intelligence (AI) that uses generative models to generate text, images, videos, audio, software code or other forms of data. Thes…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generative_AI

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Claim 9: “In response, U.S. President Donald Trump threatened the EU with a "substantial" tariff.”

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Multiple sources confirm that President Donald Trump threatened the EU with substantial tariffs or a 'big price' in response to the Google fine.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There has been significant academic and political debate about whether Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, can be considered a fascist according to consensus definitions of…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Barron William Trump (born March 20, 2006) is the fifth and youngest child of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, and his only child with his third wife, Melania Trump, whi…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the …
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Claim 10: “OpenAI confirmed it was in contact with the EU AI Office.”

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The evidence provided mentions OpenAI opening an office in India and compliance with the AI Act for a future model (Astra), but does not explicitly confirm a statement that OpenAI is currently in contact with the EU AI Office regarding the specific issues mentioned in the article.

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web search NEUTRAL — #BREAKING | OpenAI has confirmed plans to open its first India office in New Delhi later this year, citing the country’s rapid adoption of its tools. The move aligns with the government’s IndiaAI miss…
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hindustantimes_breaking-activ…

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web search NEUTRAL — An OpenAI model has disproved a central conjecture in discrete geometry.Customer Stories. Partner Network. Contact Sales.
https://openai.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — However, OpenAI has confirmed Astra as its next flagship model family, which will follow standard EU compliance protocols under the AI Act upon commercial deployment. How does automated theorem provin…
https://www.ai-jarvis.eu/openai-unveils-astra-ai-system-solv…

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Claim 11: “Non-EU providers must also appoint an EU-based authorised representative as the regulator's point of contact.”

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No evidence was found in the search results regarding the requirement for non-EU providers to appoint an EU-based authorized representative.

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