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Steven Adler and Page Hedley launch Guidelight AI Standards to promote safe frontier AI development practices with first standards on control and transparency requirements

Adler and Hedley also co-authored a report on xAI safety for SpaceX investors.

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Personal update: Steven Adler and I have started Guidelight AI Standards to identify and promote safe frontier AI practices. Our initial standards cover control and transparency. We are also co-authors on a report about xAI’s safety practices and their relevance to SpaceX investors. Links below.

8:43 AM · May 19, 2026 View on X

I'm a big fan of these proposals! They are concrete, actionable steps frontier AI companies can take *today* to preserve control of their internal agents.

Steven AdlerSteven Adler@sjgadler

Some personal news: I've started a new AI safety standards org, and our first two standards are out today. We're called Guidelight, co-founded with fellow ex-OpenAI safety researcher, Page Hedley. (1/n)

3:43 PM · May 19, 2026 · 34.7K Views
5:28 PM · May 19, 2026 · 1K Views

The standard describes in detail a bunch of the steps you want to be doing to monitor your agents

5:28 PM · May 19, 2026 · 131 Views

I'm pretty excited about Guidelight.

Steven AdlerSteven Adler@sjgadler

Some personal news: I've started a new AI safety standards org, and our first two standards are out today. We're called Guidelight, co-founded with fellow ex-OpenAI safety researcher, Page Hedley. (1/n)

3:43 PM · May 19, 2026 · 34.7K Views
5:45 PM · May 19, 2026 · 4K Views

very reasonable proposals!

Steven AdlerSteven Adler@sjgadler

Some personal news: I've started a new AI safety standards org, and our first two standards are out today. We're called Guidelight, co-founded with fellow ex-OpenAI safety researcher, Page Hedley. (1/n)

3:43 PM · May 19, 2026 · 34.7K Views
6:05 PM · May 19, 2026 · 2.7K Views

Hard to think of someone better placed for this work. Congrats @sjgadler!

Steven AdlerSteven Adler@sjgadler

Some personal news: I've started a new AI safety standards org, and our first two standards are out today. We're called Guidelight, co-founded with fellow ex-OpenAI safety researcher, Page Hedley. (1/n)

3:43 PM · May 19, 2026 · 34.7K Views
8:25 PM · May 19, 2026 · 663 Views

those are great proposals!

Steven AdlerSteven Adler@sjgadler

Some personal news: I've started a new AI safety standards org, and our first two standards are out today. We're called Guidelight, co-founded with fellow ex-OpenAI safety researcher, Page Hedley. (1/n)

3:43 PM · May 19, 2026 · 34.7K Views
4:19 PM · May 19, 2026 · 2.2K Views

@j_asminewang thank you! if there's anything you think is unreasonable, please don't be shy about the feedback

Jasmine WangJasmine Wang@j_asminewang

very reasonable proposals!

6:05 PM · May 19, 2026 · 2.7K Views
6:10 PM · May 19, 2026 · 125 Views

@GarrisonLovely this is very kind of you, thank you :-)

Garrison Lovely is in SFGarrison Lovely is in SF@GarrisonLovely

I've consistently been impressed with Steven's writing, clarity of thought, and expertise. It's really valuable to have ex-insiders be starting orgs like this, and I'm excited to see what they do!

10:28 PM · May 19, 2026 · 317 Views
10:33 PM · May 19, 2026 · 41 Views

@S_OhEigeartaigh this is very very kind, thank you - blushed a bit at it

Seán Ó hÉigeartaighSeán Ó hÉigeartaigh@S_OhEigeartaigh

Steven and Page are two of the wisest, most capable and most experienced people in this space. I'm tremendously excited to see their work on AI safety standards and practices - much needed, and no better people for the job.

6:01 PM · May 19, 2026 · 1K Views
6:03 PM · May 19, 2026 · 118 Views

@RyanPGreenblatt means a lot, thank you

Ryan GreenblattRyan Greenblatt@RyanPGreenblatt

I'm pretty excited about Guidelight.

5:45 PM · May 19, 2026 · 4K Views
5:48 PM · May 19, 2026 · 104 Views

@RosieCampbell 🫡

Rosie CampbellRosie Campbell@RosieCampbell

Hard to think of someone better placed for this work. Congrats @sjgadler!

8:25 PM · May 19, 2026 · 663 Views
8:35 PM · May 19, 2026 · 52 Views

@MariusHobbhahn appreciate you saying so

Marius HobbhahnMarius Hobbhahn@MariusHobbhahn

Very excited about the new org and the Control standard in particular. I think it's both very reasonable and also quite feasible to implement!

8:04 PM · May 19, 2026 · 1.5K Views
8:14 PM · May 19, 2026 · 51 Views

@idavidrein Thank you for boosting these and for your own work to figure out what good looks like!

david reindavid rein@idavidrein

I'm a big fan of these proposals! They are concrete, actionable steps frontier AI companies can take *today* to preserve control of their internal agents.

5:28 PM · May 19, 2026 · 1K Views
5:30 PM · May 19, 2026 · 49 Views

@tomekkorbak thank you! there's a bunch of exciting work to draw upon :-) also if anything seems less-good, we're keen to hear that too

Tomek KorbakTomek Korbak@tomekkorbak

those are great proposals!

4:19 PM · May 19, 2026 · 2.2K Views
4:22 PM · May 19, 2026 · 79 Views

Some personal news: I've started a new AI safety standards org, and our first two standards are out today.

We're called Guidelight, co-founded with fellow ex-OpenAI safety researcher, Page Hedley. (1/n)

3:43 PM · May 19, 2026 · 34.7K Views

Each of Guidelight's standards is built around concrete practices, supported by experts, that help to achieve an important principle.

The standards give AI companies a target to meet, and an incentive for all to be safer. Read more at our site: https://www.guidelight.ai/standards

Steven AdlerSteven Adler@sjgadler

Some personal news: I've started a new AI safety standards org, and our first two standards are out today. We're called Guidelight, co-founded with fellow ex-OpenAI safety researcher, Page Hedley. (1/n)

3:43 PM · May 19, 2026 · 34.7K Views
3:43 PM · May 19, 2026 · 1.5K Views

@tobyordoxford @wrenclay Helpful list ty - this is the initial transparency set but we’re planning to add more, for instance possibly something on AI R&D acceleration https://www.guidelight.ai/transparency

Toby OrdToby Ord@tobyordoxford

@sjgadler @wrenclay Standards around recursive self improvement: e.g. human in the loop, automatic pause-and-review thresholds for very rapid capability gains (e.g. some number of ECI points above previous SOTA), transparency etc.

8:59 PM · May 19, 2026 · 50 Views
9:05 PM · May 19, 2026 · 35 Views

@girishsastry nerds assemble 🫡

girish sastrygirish sastry@girishsastry

Me too! The dream of a functional AI safety ecosystem has long been standards, assessment, and incentives; Guidelight is tackling this head on. I look forward to more in-depth content for the true nerds.

5:59 PM · May 19, 2026 · 399 Views
10:42 PM · May 19, 2026 · 14 Views

Very excited about the new org and the Control standard in particular.

I think it's both very reasonable and also quite feasible to implement!

Steven AdlerSteven Adler@sjgadler

Some personal news: I've started a new AI safety standards org, and our first two standards are out today. We're called Guidelight, co-founded with fellow ex-OpenAI safety researcher, Page Hedley. (1/n)

3:43 PM · May 19, 2026 · 34.7K Views
8:04 PM · May 19, 2026 · 1.5K Views

Steven and Page are two of the wisest, most capable and most experienced people in this space. I'm tremendously excited to see their work on AI safety standards and practices - much needed, and no better people for the job.

Steven AdlerSteven Adler@sjgadler

Some personal news: I've started a new AI safety standards org, and our first two standards are out today. We're called Guidelight, co-founded with fellow ex-OpenAI safety researcher, Page Hedley. (1/n)

3:43 PM · May 19, 2026 · 34.7K Views
6:01 PM · May 19, 2026 · 1K Views

Me too! The dream of a functional AI safety ecosystem has long been standards, assessment, and incentives; Guidelight is tackling this head on. I look forward to more in-depth content for the true nerds.

Ryan GreenblattRyan Greenblatt@RyanPGreenblatt

I'm pretty excited about Guidelight.

5:45 PM · May 19, 2026 · 4K Views
5:59 PM · May 19, 2026 · 399 Views

Interesting - watch this space

Steven AdlerSteven Adler@sjgadler

Some personal news: I've started a new AI safety standards org, and our first two standards are out today. We're called Guidelight, co-founded with fellow ex-OpenAI safety researcher, Page Hedley. (1/n)

3:43 PM · May 19, 2026 · 34.7K Views
8:48 PM · May 19, 2026 · 616 Views

I've consistently been impressed with Steven's writing, clarity of thought, and expertise. It's really valuable to have ex-insiders be starting orgs like this, and I'm excited to see what they do!

Steven AdlerSteven Adler@sjgadler

Some personal news: I've started a new AI safety standards org, and our first two standards are out today. We're called Guidelight, co-founded with fellow ex-OpenAI safety researcher, Page Hedley. (1/n)

3:43 PM · May 19, 2026 · 34.7K Views
10:28 PM · May 19, 2026 · 317 Views
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