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OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepMind Coordinate AI Safety Efforts

By Drooid · Sep 15, 2026, 9:58 PM UTC · How we work

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OpenAI Coordinates Safety

OpenAI is coordinating with Anthropic and Google DeepMind on AI safety.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei posted a 3,800-word essay on September 12 urging an AI development slowdown.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman backed the essay and said OpenAI will embed third-party safety evaluators.
President Donald Trump called AI safety concerns a hoax.

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Channel Partners Adopt Standards

Proposed standards could give channel partners a uniform benchmark to compare AI products from competing vendors.
Resellers, integrators and consultants may soon be required to cite compliance with the common testing framework in contracts.
Managed service providers could use the standards to select supported models and explain risk differences to customers.
Smaller AI startups fear the standards will embed costs only large labs like Anthropic, Google and OpenAI can meet.

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Altman Delays IPO

Sam Altman said OpenAI's IPO is ill-advised now, targeting 2027 or later.
OpenAI filed a confidential S-1 in June, noting timing remains “a while” for safety.
CFO Sarah Friar reported a 32% enterprise-revenue increase from June to July, outpacing overall growth.
Nvidia is rumored to invest up to $10 bn in Anthropic’s potential IPO, aiming for a $2 tn valuation.

History

Historical Context

The Partnership on AI was announced on 28 September 2016 by eight firms—including Google, DeepMind, Microsoft, IBM, Amazon and Facebook—with Eric Horvitz and Mustafa Suleyman as co-chairs. Its safety framework, later adopted by OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind in essays and testing standards, builds on earlier AI-risk work such as DeepMind’s 2010 founding and the 2020 AI Incident Database; the partnership counted 126 members in 2024.

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OpenAI Coordinates Safety

OpenAI is coordinating with Anthropic and Google DeepMind on AI safety.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei posted a 3,800-word essay on September 12 urging an AI development slowdown.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman backed the essay and said OpenAI will embed third-party safety evaluators.
President Donald Trump called AI safety concerns a hoax.

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