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Reports reveal that OpenAI and Anthropic held contract negotiations to perform mutual safety evaluations of each other's models before talks dissolved. The proposal mirrored ideas suggested by figures like Elon Musk, who advocated for cross lab testing to identify system risks before deployment. Advocates suggest mandatory third party evaluations could establish stronger accountability standards across the industry.

OpenAI and Anthropic reportedly discussed a formal framework to evaluate each other's commercial AI systems for potential safety issues. Elon Musk separately urged top artificial intelligence developers to perform cross lab evaluations prior to public releases.