Chris Lehane, OpenAI’s global policy chief, told reporters on Tuesday that the company has been working with rivals Anthropic and Google DeepMind on AI safety for weeks, as first reported by Bloomberg.
AI leaders across the industry, including OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Google’s Demis Hassabis, and SpaceXAI’s Elon Musk, supported Amodei’s letter and call to action, with Altman saying that OpenAI would join Anthropic in embedding third-party evaluators into the company to monitor for safety.
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On Tuesday, Lehane said the three companies have been in talks for several weeks regarding AI safety. In an interview with Fortune late last week, Altman said he had been in private discussions with other AI leaders.
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Chris Lehane, OpenAI’s global policy chief, told reporters on Tuesday that the company has been working with rivals Anthropic and Google DeepMind on AI safety for weeks, as first reported by Bloomberg. Lehane is reportedly in Washington to work with U.S. lawmakers addressing risks associated with AI.
The revelation comes in the wake of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s essay, published Saturday, which called for the industry to work together to slow the pace of frontier AI and avoid risks. AI leaders across the industry, including OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Google’s Demis Hassabis, and SpaceXAI’s Elon Musk, supported Amodei’s letter and call to action, with Altman saying that OpenAI would join Anthropic in embedding third-party evaluators into the company to monitor for safety.
On Tuesday, Lehane said that the three companies have been in talks for several weeks regarding AI safety. Some, including Altman, have noted that such talks could put the companies at risk of violating antitrust law if the coordination is found to suppress competition.
TechCrunch has reached out to Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI for comment.
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