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OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind have been coordinating on frontier safety for weeks, and are openly weighing the antitrust exposure
OpenAI global policy chief Chris Lehane confirmed multi-week talks among the three labs on slowing frontier development and standing up an industry standards body, with OpenAI pledging to embed third-party evaluators inside the company and support for the FRONTIER Act's independent verification organizations. Altman, Hassabis and Musk have publicly endorsed the initiative. The labs acknowledge coordination could violate antitrust law if it is found to suppress competition; Amodei has proposed a government waiver while Lehane argues none is needed, a split The Verge frames as the difference between a safety pact and a cartel.
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