Google, OpenAI and Anthropic AI Safety Group Takes Shape

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Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic are collaborating to establish a new AI safety standards organization named the Standards Authority for Frontier AI. This self-regulatory body aims to operate independently of government oversight and launch by late 2026 or early 2027.

Google, OpenAI and Anthropic are pushing forward with a plan to create a new AI safety-focused standards body on their own, without government oversight, in hopes of launching it by the end of the year or early in 2027, according to people familiar with the matter. The three companies tentatively plan to name the self-regulatory organization the Standards Authority for Frontier AI, the people said. Some members of the working group have considered an array of well-known figures to be CEO. They approached Sriram Krishnan, a former venture capitalist and top AI policy adviser in the Trump administration, for the position, according to people familiar with the matter.