Firms take lead on AI safety standards as security incidents mount
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Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic are coordinating on their own “Standards Authority for Frontier AI,” The Information reported.
Progress in frontier AI development is far outpacing governments’ capabilities — and willingness — to police it.
“There is a disconnect between the law and the reality of what is being regulated,” one former EU official said, pointing to the bloc’s 2024 AI Act; once touted as the first comprehensive AI legislation, the law has been overtaken by technological developments, becoming a “ cautionary tale ,” The New York Times wrote.
Though US President Donald Trump has opposed regulation, “ it’s probably going to happen anyway ,” Transformer wrote.
Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic are coordinating on their own “ Standards Authority for Frontier AI ,” The Information reported, as the latter two firms probe “ tens of thousands ” of security incidents linked to their models, according to Axios.