Demis Hassabis proposed a FINRA-style AI watchdog and both Altman and Musk backed it.

"A Framework for Frontier AI and the Dawning of a New Age" proposes an industry-funded, technically staffed body answerable to the US government that would screen the world's most advanced models pre-release, bar unsafe ones from the American market, and coordinate an industry-wide slowdown if risks mount, explicitly modeled on FINRA and pitched as operational before year end (Axios). Bloomberg reported July 16 that he's personally lobbying Washington. Altman called it thoughtful, Musk called it a good starting point. That convergence is the closest thing to cross-lab regulatory consensus since 2023. Whether an industry-funded body screening its own funders' models is a real check is a separate question, and the sandbox-escape disclosure landing five days later is an awkward argument in both directions: proof the screening is needed, and proof that internal testing surfaces things external screening might not.