AI Safety Push Sparks Demand for Watchdog Groups. Critics Doubt Their Independence.

Growing alarm over AI risks has brought little-known safety research groups into the spotlight. Dario Amodei (Anthropic) and Sam Altman (OpenAI) promised to embed external evaluators in their companies; Satya Nadella (Microsoft) also supported the idea. Critics doubt the independence of such groups.

• Amodei and Altman promised to allow external evaluators inside companies
• Nadella and other executives supported the idea of embedded audit
• Critics doubt the independence of watchdog groups