Anthropic, OpenAI and Google quietly discussing an industry-wide AI standards body since July
Hesamation · x · 2026-09-14
- Per Hesamation, Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google have held regular discussions since July about forming an industry-wide standards body for AI, and "the meetings are ongoing."
- Notably, this behind-the-scenes coordination was already underway before Dario Amodei publicly announced his "pacing" proposal.
- If accurate, it signals the leading labs moving from pure competition toward jointly setting industry norms.
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