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Anthropic and OpenAI Draft Legally Binding AI Safety Tests

By Drooid · Sep 21, 2026, 10:39 PM UTC · How we work

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Anthropic and OpenAI began negotiating a legally binding agreement to stress-test each other’s AI models.
Lawyers for both firms drafted terms requiring extensive safety tests of the other’s new models.
Elon Musk urged U.S. and Chinese AI labs to test each other’s models at the All-In Summit in Los Angeles.
President Donald Trump called AI safety concerns a “hoax” and announced an “AI Force” and an AI czar.

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Anthropic and OpenAI began negotiating a legally binding agreement to stress-test each other’s AI models.
Lawyers for both firms drafted terms requiring extensive safety tests of the other’s new models.
Elon Musk urged U.S. and Chinese AI labs to test each other’s models at the All-In Summit in Los Angeles.
President Donald Trump called AI safety concerns a “hoax” and announced an “AI Force” and an AI czar.