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AI Safety Index Gives Top Grade of C+ to Leading Firms
The twice-yearly AI Safety Index assigned its highest mark of C+ to one company and lower grades to others. The advocacy group that produced the index said several firms had dropped earlier safety pledges.
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The latest AI Safety Index assigned its highest grade of C+ to one company and C or lower to the rest. The index, published today by the advocacy group Future of Life Institute, evaluates how AI firms manage risk through testing and control measures.
Anthropic received the top mark of C+. OpenAI fell from C+ to C, placing ahead of Google DeepMind in third. The panel noted that all three companies have weakened or dropped earlier pledges to stop development if safety thresholds were crossed and have softened resistance to military uses.
Meta rose from D to D+ and moved from sixth to fourth place.
The institute's co-founder and president said the improvement showed gains were possible in six months. Elon Musk's xAI, which rebranded as SpaceXAI after merging with other ventures, received an F along with China's DeepSeek and France's Mistral.
Outlook The institute's co-founder and president said a genuine race to improve safety would require regulation. He cited the E.U.'s AI Act, new Chinese rules, and a more risk-conscious U.S. administration as reasons for cautious optimism about global basic safety standards.
