Mark Zuckerberg slams centralisation of AI power, challenges OpenAI-Anthropic approach

4 min readNew DelhiJul 29, 2026 08:31 AM IST Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives outside court in Los Angeles, California, US, February 18, 2026. (REUTERS/Mike Blake)Amid an escalating debate over how AI models should be developed, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has seemingly taken aim at OpenAI and Anthropic, two of the world’s most valuable AI startups. Without calling out Anthropic and OpenAI by name, Zuckerberg said that if leading AI research labs continue to develop the technology in a tightly controlled manner, it would be akin to “abandoning our values” in American tech development and stifle innovation.He further argued that the way AI has been developed by such labs could lead to a centralisation of power that would narrow people’s access to AI. Zuckerberg made these remarks in