OpenAI, Anthropic, Google have been in talks on AI safety for weeks

Chris Lehane, OpenAI’s global policy chief, stated on Tuesday that the company has been working with rivals Anthropic and Google DeepMind on AI safety for weeks. The revelation follows an essay by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calling for industry-wide collaboration to slow the pace of frontier AI and avoid catastrophic risks, which drew support from AI leaders including Sam Altman and Demis Hassabis. Lehane admitted during a Washington visit addressing AI risks that the three firms have been discussing safety coordination for several weeks. Reports indicate the companies are exploring the creation of an independent standards body to monitor advanced AI models and mitigate potential dangers.