Google, OpenAI and Anthropic Plan Independent AI Safety Standards Body by 2027

Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic are moving forward with plans to establish an independent AI safety standards organization by late 2026 or early 2027, aiming to set unified benchmarks and testing protocols across the industry without government oversight. The three companies have approached former White House AI policy advisor Sriram Krishnan as a potential chief executive to lead the initiative, which would operate under the provisional name Standards Authority for Frontier AI (SAFA).