Frontier AI models should not be released before passing independent safety testing

Artificial intelligence research, products, and impact across society.

The frameworks, policies, and standards that guide the responsible development, deployment, and oversight of artificial intelligence systems.

Policy debates over how governments should oversee and restrict frontier AI development.

The field of preventing harm from advanced AI systems, spanning alignment, evaluation, and decisions to slow or withhold models whose capabilities outpace their safeguards.

The practice of measuring and comparing the capabilities of AI models through standardized benchmarks and evaluation protocols.

Multilateral effort, launched by a September 2026 joint statement from leaders of 20 countries and the European Commission, to place frontier AI models under coordinated human oversight through mandatory safety testing, common government standards, and a proposed international institution.