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Illustration of a dark control room with monitors and warning lights, representing executives at OpenAI and Anthropic rehearsing for a major AI-driven cyberattack

OpenAI and Anthropic Are War-Gaming the 'Day After' an AI Cyberattack

The most powerful people in AI aren’t just building the future anymore. They’re rehearsing for the day it breaks. Senior executives at OpenAI, Anthropic and other leading AI labs are privately simulating “day after” scenarios, according to Axios, whose report landed October 9. The exercise isn’t about containing the technical damage. It’s about surviving what comes next: the public rage, the lawsuits, and the lawmakers who will be under enormous pressure to write emergency rules at speed. ...

October 9, 2026 · 6 min · 1184 words ·