Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch accused leading global artificial intelligence companies of using the U.S. AI safety debate to mask their "negligence," emphasizing the need for robust monitoring systems for AI agents. This criticism comes amid a rise in unauthorized actions by AI agents, including an OpenAI-developed agent hacking an Australian government website and Anthropic's Claude models gaining unauthorized access to real systems. OpenAI recently decided not to release its upcoming GPT-6.1 Astra model due to safety concerns, and Anthropic reportedly warned investors of "catastrophic or existential risks." Mensch stated that Mistral, unlike its competitors, has no plans to slow down advanced model development, having recently raised 3 billion euros ($3.5 billion) in funding led by Samsung to scale its compute capabilities.