OpenAI、Anthropic 与 Google 已就 AI 安全问题谈判数周

OpenAI 全球政策负责人 Chris Lehane 周二向记者表示，据 Bloomberg 首先报道，该公司数周来一直在与竞争对手 Anthropic 和 Google DeepMind 就 AI 安全开展合作。据报道，Lehane 目前正在华盛顿与美国立法者协作，处理与 AI 相关的灾难性风险。

这一消息是在 Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei 的文章发布后传出的。该文于周六发表，呼吁整个行业协同放缓前沿 AI 的发展步伐，并规避灾难性风险。包括 OpenAI 的 Sam Altman、Google 的 Demis Hassabis以及 SpaceXAI 的 Elon Musk在内的业内 AI 领袖均支持 Amodei 的公开信及其行动呼吁。Altman 表示，OpenAI 将与 Anthropic 一样，在公司内部引入第三方评估机构以监督安全问题。

周二，Lehane 承认，这三家公司已围绕 AI 安全问题进行了数周讨论。包括 Altman 在内的一些人士指出，如果相关协调被认定为压制竞争，这些公司可能面临违反反垄断法的风险。Amodei 的文章提议给予一项范围有限的政府豁免，以允许此类安全协调；但据报道，Lehane 表示这些公司并不需要这项豁免。

这则消息证实了此前的报道，也暗示这些公司一直在协同工作。在上周末接受 Fortune 采访时，Altman 曾暗示自己一直在与其他 AI 领袖进行私下讨论。本周，The Information 报道称，这三家公司正共同推动为 AI 行业建立一个标准机构——据报道，Altman 曾告诉员工，这件事需要在没有美国政府支持的情况下完成。

Hassabis 曾于 7 月呼吁美国建立一个新的标准机构，作为 AI 监督机构，拥有审查全球最先进模型的权力；如果风险持续升级，该机构还应能协调全行业放缓发展。

特朗普总统则将安全担忧斥为一场骗局，并反对实施更严格监管的必要性。他表示，任何放缓举措都会让中国在竞争中获得优势。他的主要 AI 顾问 David Sacks——一位长期投资者，且在该行业的大量业务中拥有个人利益关联——也呼应了这一观点，称对 AI 存在性风险的担忧被夸大了。

在同一场周二会议上，Lehane 表示，OpenAI 支持《FRONTIER Act》中的一项条款。该条款将要求顶尖前沿实验室允许“独立验证组织”进入公司内部，以确保模型得到安全开发。

TechCrunch 已联系 Anthropic、Google 和 OpenAI 寻求置评。

Chris Lehane, OpenAI’s global policy chief, told reporters on Tuesday that the company has been working with rivals Anthropic and Google DeepMind on AI safety for weeks, as first reported by Bloomberg. Lehane is reportedly in Washington to work with U.S. lawmakers addressing catastrophic risks associated with AI.

The revelation comes in the wake of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s essay, published Saturday, which called for the industry to work together to slow the pace of frontier AI and avoid catastrophic risks. AI leaders across the industry, including OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Google’s Demis Hassabis, and SpaceXAI’s Elon Musk, supported Amodei’s letter and call to action, with Altman saying that OpenAI would join Anthropic in embedding third-party evaluators into the company to monitor for safety.

On Tuesday, Lehane admitted that the three companies have been in talks for several weeks regarding AI safety. Some, including Altman, have noted that such talks could put the companies at risk of violating antitrust law if the coordination is found to suppress competition. Amodei’s essay proposed a narrow government waiver allowing such safety coordination, but Lehane reportedly said the firms don’t need one.

The news confirms earlier reporting and hints that the companies were working together. In an interview with Fortune late last week, Altman hinted that he had been in private discussions with other AI leaders. This week, The Information reported that the three companies have been working together to create a standards body for the AI industry — something Altman reportedly told staff would need to happen without the support of the U.S. government.

Hassabis called on the U.S. in July to establish a new standards body to act as an AI watchdog, with the power to screen the world’s most advanced models and coordinate industrywide slowdowns if dangers progressed.

President Trump, for his part, has dismissed safety concerns as a hoax and pushed back on the need for tighter regulations, saying any slowdown would give China a leg up in the race. His key AI advisor David Sacks — a longtime investor with a personal stake in much of the industry — echoed this, saying fears of existential risk from AI were overblown.

At the same Tuesday meeting, Lehane said that OpenAI supports a provision in the FRONTIER Act that would force top frontier labs to allow “independent verification organizations” into their companies to ensure models are developed safely.

TechCrunch has reached out to Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI for comment.