OpenAI, Google, Anthropic secretly teamed up on AI safety

OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind have been quietly collaborating on AI safety frameworks for several weeks, OpenAI's global policy head Chris Lehane revealed at a Washington press conference. The disclosure follows Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's public call for industry cooperation to slow frontier AI development, which drew support from Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and Demis Hassabis. The collaboration faces significant legal and political headwinds. Legal experts warn the coordination could violate Sherman Act antitrust laws, while Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez called it a disguised cartel. President Trump has also rejected safety slowdown calls, arguing they would cede ground to China in the AI race.