Google, OpenAI and Anthropic are said to be collaborating to establish an independent artificial intelligence (AI) safety body by late 2026 or early 2027, a report from The Information has claimed, adding that they have reached out to former White House AI policy advisor Sriram Krishnan to serve as chief executive.
The report says that the planned organisation, provisionally named the Standards Authority for Frontier AI (SAFA), will operate independently of government administration. Its primary mission will be to define practical benchmarks for the three companies’ public safety pledges and provide direct support to developers evaluating cutting-edge models prior to commercial deployment.
The momentum toward collective oversight accelerated earlier this month after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei released an essay calling for an industrywide slowdown in the release of frontier models to allow safety mechanisms to catch up. Anthropic, and OpenAI remain locked in a race for commercial dominance, leadership across all three firms has faced mounting scrutiny over potential catastrophic and security risks While Google.
About 10 days ago, an OpenAI spokesperson confirmed to CNBC that the company was holding active talks with Google and Anthropic regarding coordinated safety frameworks. These discussions gained momentum following a proposal published on X in July by Sir Demis Hassabis, co-founder of Google DeepMind and Alphabet’s chief scientist. Hassabis argued for a US-backed standards body modeled after a public-private partnership or a self-regulatory watchdog, drawing comparisons to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).