Developers push for industry-led EU safety rules for frontier AI
By Masha Borak ( September 2, 2026, 16:26 GMT | Insight) -- Leading AI companies are pushing for industry-led safety standards and greater coordination on the pace of frontier-model development amid government scrutiny of recent AI hacking incidents. Google DeepMind and Anthropic argue that rapidly evolving industry practices, developed alongside government oversight, could address cybersecurity risks while avoiding a competitive “race to the bottom.”Leading artificial intelligence companies are calling for a greater industry role in ensuring AI models are safe as well as with coordination on their development pace amid growing government scrutiny over recent hacking incidents....
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