# Will Depue says China has full access to OpenAI and Anthropic's internal systems

> Original title: fact check: even truer

- Source: will depue
- Published: 2026-10-27T08:33:02.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/l5j09g4ewdell8br94vtxn66a
- Original: https://x.com/willdepue/status/2114998797915087011

## Summary

Will Depue, posting from the account of OpenAI, says China has full access to OpenAI and Anthropic's GitHub, Slack, and docs. He adds that he would not be surprised if Chinese open-source models contain architecture methods stolen from them. He also says a rumor claims Cathedral received a lot of Slack access, possibly all of research.

## Post

fact check: even truer
rumor is Cathedral got a lot of Slack, maybe all of research. what the fuck are we doing guys

## Quoted post @willdepue

> there is no question, none at all, that china has full access to all of openai & anthropic’s github/slack/docs today
> 
> no disrespect to their independent research progress, but i wouldn’t be surprised if we see plausibly-deniable stolen arch methods in chinese oss models

https://x.com/willdepue/status/2068118253633737077