OpenAI trails Anthropic as losses deepen and Altman pauses frontier AI training
CoinDesk· James Van Straten· Aug 19, 2026 · 9:10 AM

Widening losses and intensifying competition coincide with a pause in frontier reinforcement-learning training as openai strengthens its safety controls.
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