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- Google, OpenAI and Anthropic are planning a group that would write safety rules for powerful AI.
- The news comes from a report by The Information. The companies have not confirmed it.
- The group would help outside testers check AI models before they are released.
- Critics worry that companies checking themselves could favour the biggest labs.
- Standards body
- A group that writes shared rules that companies agree to follow.
- Frontier AI
- The most advanced and powerful AI models of the moment.
- Auditor
- An independent expert who checks whether rules are really followed.
Three of the biggest AI developers are planning a shared body to write safety standards for advanced AI, according to The Information. Several outlets repeated the report on September 24. We found no public statement from Google, OpenAI or Anthropic about it.
What the report says
According to The Information, Google, OpenAI and Anthropic are working to set up a standards body for frontier AI, the most advanced models. It is tentatively called the Standards Authority for Frontier AI, or SAFA.
It could launch by the end of this year or early next year. It would be run by the industry, not by a government.
PYMNTS, citing the report, says the body would support outside groups that test models before release. It would also set out how AI developers should report safety and security incidents.
It would define the labs’ voluntary safety commitments and set qualifications for independent auditors. A working group is also considering whether the body should test models itself.
Reported by The Information. The companies have not announced the plan.
Who could run it
BankInfoSecurity reports that the companies approached several people for roles in the group. They include Sriram Krishnan, a former White House AI policy adviser, and Arati Prabhakar, a former Biden administration technology official.
The list also includes former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and venture capitalist David Friedberg. PANews, citing the report, says Krishnan was invited to be chief executive.
SAFA would be a self-regulating body, like FINRA, which oversees US stockbrokers. It would not need approval from Congress or the president. But to have any legal power, it may need to register with a government agency. FINRA, for example, is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
BankInfoSecurity notes that it is unclear whether the labs will mainly fund it.
Why it matters, and the doubts
The idea is not new. In a July 14 essay, Google DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis floated a self-regulating body modelled on FINRA, BankInfoSecurity reports.
At the UN Security Council on September 23, Anthropic’s Dario Amodei also called for shared global standards for testing AI and a system for reporting AI security incidents.
The industry already has the Frontier Model Forum, founded in 2023, which Microsoft has also joined. PYMNTS reports that the Forum is in contact with the planned body.
Critics worry that a body led by the largest labs could shut out open-source developers and smaller rivals, PYMNTS reports. The plan is not final, and details may change.
Sources
Every fact in this story comes from the sources below. Open them to check our work.
- 1Primary source · September 24, 2026Google, OpenAI and Anthropic AI Safety Group Takes Shape The Information
- 2Research · September 24, 2026OpenAI, Google and Anthropic Join Forces to Set AI Safety Standards PYMNTS
- 3Research · September 24, 2026Google, OpenAI and Anthropic move closer to AI safety standards body Proactive Investors
- 4Research · September 24, 2026Google, OpenAI, Anthropic Plan Frontier AI Standards Body BankInfoSecurity
- 5Research · September 24, 2026Google, OpenAI and Anthropic’s AI safety organization is taking shape PANews
- 6Research · September 23, 2026Sam Altman, Dario Amodei urge UN Security Council to adopt international AI standards CNN
The Information first reported the plan. Reports differ on details such as how final it is, so we credit each detail to its source; the three companies made no statement.
Google, OpenAI and Anthropic reportedly plan a safety body. Silicon AI News, September 25, 2026. https://siliconainews.com/stories/frontier-ai-standards-body
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