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CNBC — Technology · September 19, 2026 · On the brief until October 3, 2026

Anthropic and OpenAI need truly independent safety evaluators, experts say in public letter

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escalating risks and capabilities within frontier foundation models

Over 100 AI experts and evaluators published an open letter demanding that frontier AI companies like Anthropic and OpenAI guarantee independent evaluators robust legal protections, transparency, and employee-level access to audit unreleased models and development processes. While major tech executives have expressed support for embedding external safety evaluators, the coalition argues that industry self-regulation lacks standardization, leaving external reviewers vulnerable to retaliation and conflicts of interest. For policy and management scholars, this highlights the growing tension between private corporate governance and independent public accountability amid opposition to formal gove

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