The 'Godfather of AI' backs a new watchdog plan to track OpenAI and Anthropic's AI risks from the inside

Computer science pioneer Geoffrey Hinton. Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile for Collision via Getty Images AI leaders Sam Altman and Dario Amodei recently committed to bringing in third-party evaluators. A group of AI evaluation groups laid out the conditions they want OpenAI and Anthropic to meet. Computer science pioneers Geoffrey Hinton and Stuart Russell signed the letter. OpenAI and Anthropic have been calling for AI-risk watchdogs, and they just got their response. The AI Evaluator Forum, which includes several watchdog groups, released a letter on Friday outlining "minimum conditions" that they believe labs like Anthropic and OpenAI should meet to work more effectively with those evaluating the risks of their technology. Dozens of people from the AI ecosystem signed onto the letter, including the computer science pioneers Geoffrey Hinton , known as "the Godfather of AI," and Stuart Russell.