❯ Musk proposes mutual model testing by US and Chinese AI companies, says rivals have not agreed

Peer testingElon Musk proposed at the All-In Summit that leading AI companies allow rivals to run a test harness on their models before release to check for safety issues, according to CNBC.

Potential participantsHe named xAI, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta, and suggested including three or four leading Chinese companies, without identifying them. He said rival testing would be more likely to find problems than self-grading, but acknowledged that peers had not agreed.

Different approachesThe suggestion centers on mutual testing between companies. Amodei’s earlier approach included embedded evaluators examining safety practices. Both involve outside scrutiny, but differ in who performs testing before release. At the time of CNBC’s report, the mutual-testing proposal had no published common rules, scope of testing access or implementation timetable.

▪ SIGNALMusk’s cross-company testing proposal remains subject to negotiation; Chinese participation and implementation rules have not been agreed.