Google, OpenAI and Anthropic may launch AI safety standard by early 2027

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.Citing people familiar with the initiative, the report said that apart from Krishnan, the companies have reached out to Arati Prabhakar, former director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, to take the top post at SAFA.