Anthropic and OpenAI pledge employee-like access for outside AI safety evaluators

On September 12, 2026, Dario Amodei announced that Anthropic would give third-party evaluators permanent, employee-level access to its systems. He said they could check adherence to safety measures, report incidents and assess models’ alignment during training. Amodei described the commitment as the first step in a three-part plan to slow the AI industry. Sam Altman agreed with the call to “pace the frontier” and said OpenAI would also give independent evaluators employee-like access, with more details to come.