Elon Musk proposes rival AI labs run safety tests on each other's models
Chief executive of xAI speaking at a conference
“So, you know, instead of grading your own homework, you would at least have competitors grading your homework and raising the alarm if they see concerns,”
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CNBC report of remarks Musk made at the All-In Summit in Los Angeles on Monday, September 14, 2026.
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Musk spoke at the All-In Summit in Los Angeles after AI company leaders spent the weekend warning about the technology's harms and calling for a slowdown.
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He named xAI, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta and several leading Chinese companies as the labs that should participate.
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Case context: Should Washington impose stronger safeguards on frontier AI?
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Musk supports external scrutiny but proposes it as an industry arrangement among competitors rather than a government-imposed safeguard, so this neither endorses nor rejects the case proposition.
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