OpenAI’s Altman Backs AI Model Auditing Group as Labs Debate Safety Standards

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has told employees he supports creating an organization to test and audit advanced AI models, as leading labs discuss whether they may need to set safety standards even without clear U.S. government backing. The move places OpenAI inside a wider industry push for outside scrutiny of frontier systems after recent warnings that model capabilities are advancing faster than current safeguards.