People familiar with the matter revealed that long before Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called on AI companies to collaborate on technology testing and audits on Saturday, Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google were already discussing cooperation to establish an AI industry standards organization. A source familiar with the statement said that OpenAI CEO Sam Ultman told employees at the general meeting earlier this week that he supports the establishment of an AI industry testing and auditing agency, but believes that leading AI laboratories must set up their own standards organization without support from the US government.

People familiar with the matter revealed that long before Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called on AI companies to collaborate on technology testing and audits on Saturday, Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google were already discussing cooperation to establish an AI industry standards organization. A source familiar with the statement said that OpenAI CEO Sam Ultman told employees at the general meeting earlier this week that he supports the establishment of an AI industry testing and auditing agency, but believes that leading AI laboratories must set up their own standards organization without support from the US government.