OpenAI proposes global AI safety standards for frontier models
OpenAI posted a blog outlining proposals for international safety and security standards aimed at frontier artificial‑intelligence systems. The proposals stress the need for alignment research to keep pace with capabilities and focus on a computing technique called recursive self‑improvement (RSI). OpenAI said fully autonomous RSI is not happening today and should not be pursued unless it can be…
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- OpenAI posted blog proposals for international safety standards focusing on alignment research and recursive self‑improvement (RSI).
- The post warns fully autonomous RSI is not happening today and should not be pursued without proven safety safeguards.
- Anthropic, CEO Dario Amodei, Sam Altman and Elon Musk have voiced support for slowing foundation model development and third‑party audits.
The company called for cooperation with existing AI safety institutes and suggested standards that cover frontier models, developers, and benefit‑risk management for automated AI researchers. It cited the recent Hugging Face agent hack as a preview of risks that could worsen without robust safeguards. Anthropic released its own safety ideas after Jacob Coxon’s resignation, and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s essay urged slowing foundation‑model development and embedding third‑party evaluators. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Tesla/SpaceX CEO Elon Musk publicly backed Amodei’s suggestions, while a coalition of AI evaluators is urging minimum conditions for deeper audits.
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OpenAI proposes development of global AI standards to guide alignment, RSI
CNBC Technology · 21 September 2026
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