{"id":218720,"date":"2026-02-28T01:07:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T06:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/28\/leading-ai-companies-safety-practices-fall-short-says-new-report\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T09:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T14:50:12","slug":"leading-ai-companies-safety-practices-fall-short-says-new-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/28\/leading-ai-companies-safety-practices-fall-short-says-new-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Leading AI companies’ safety practices fall short, says new report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leading AI companies’ safety practices fall short, says new report<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-02-28 01:07:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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OpenAI ranked second among eight companies ranked for their safety practices. (Pau Barrena \/ AFP – Getty Images file)<\/p>\n

(Pau Barrena)<\/span><\/p>\n

As leading artificial intelligence companies release increasingly capable AI systems, a new report is sounding the alarm about what it says are some of those companies\u2019 lagging safety practices.<\/p>\n

The Winter 2025 AI Safety Index, which examines the safety protocols of eight leading AI companies, found that their approaches \u201clack the concrete safeguards, independent oversight and credible long-term risk-management strategies that such powerful systems demand.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sabina Nong, an AI safety investigator at the nonprofit Future of Life Institute (FLI), which organized the report and works to address large-scale risks from technologies like nuclear weapons and AI, said in an interview at the San Diego Alignment Workshop that the analysis revealed a divide in organizations\u2019 approaches to safety.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe see two clusters of companies in terms of their safety promises and practices,\u201d Nong said. \u201cThree companies are leading: Anthropic, OpenAI, Google DeepMind, in that order, and then five other companies are on the next tier.\u201d<\/p>\n

The lower tier of five companies includes xAI and Meta, along with the Chinese AI companies Z.ai, DeepSeek and Alibaba Cloud. Chinese models have been increasingly adopted in Silicon Valley as their capabilities have quickly advanced, and they are readily available because they are largely open source.<\/p>\n

Anthropic, the highest-ranked company on the list, got a C+ grade, while Alibaba Cloud, the lowest-ranked, received a D-.<\/p>\n

The index examined 35 safety indicators across six domains, including companies\u2019 risk-assessment practices, information sharing protocols and whistleblowing protections, in addition to support for AI safety research.<\/p>\n

Eight independent AI experts, including Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Dylan Hadfield-Menell and Yi Zeng, a professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, graded…<\/p>\n

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