# An OpenAI Researcher on the Gap Between Internal and External Perceptions of AI Progress > Source: > Published: 2026-09-19 21:45:02+00:00 I came across an interesting post on X that I thought was worth sharing here. Since not everyone uses X, I’m quoting it in full below: from the outside, it is very reasonable to interpret the past 2 weeks as an orchestrated industry-wide regulatory capture strategy. I realize that no one has properl