AI's Big Three Pursue Coordinated Standards Body for Model Testing and Auditing

Three of the world's most powerful AI developers—Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google—have held months of behind-the-scenes discussions about establishing a shared standards body to test and audit frontier AI models, according to reporting from The Information. The talks, which began in July and continued through mid-September 2026, preceded Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's public call for coordinated AI safety measures outlined in his September 12 essay "We Must Pace the Frontier."