OpenAI, Anthropic, Google in talks on AI safety standards body

OpenAI policy chief Chris Lehane confirmed weeks of safety talks with Anthropic and Google DeepMind, following Dario Amodei's essay proposing embedded third-party evaluators such as METR with office desks, badges, and laptop access. Altman said OpenAI would join the commitment; critics warn the effort could raise a regulatory wall for smaller rivals.
People · Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, Demis Hassabis
How this story unfolded
3 days · 7 reports · 2 community posts · from Sep 13
- Sep 13
- Sep 15
[AINews] AEF-1 standard emerges for Third Party Evaluators, as Xai, OpenAI, and Anthropic all cosignlatent.space
OpenAI Says It’s Working With Anthropic, Google on AI Safetybloomberg.com
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google have been in talks on AI safety for weekstechcrunch.com
OpenAI, Google, Anthropic discussing collaboration on AI safety issuescnbc.com
Anthropic, OpenAI Safety Push Risks ‘Regulatory Wall’ for Rivalsbloomberg.com
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