[AINews] AEF-1 standard emerges for Third Party Evaluators, as Xai, OpenAI, and Anthropic all cosign
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AI Evaluator Forum (AEF) released AEF-1, a baseline standard for independent third-party AI evaluations with rules on evaluator access, conflicts of interest, funding relationships, recusal, and transparency, and Xai, OpenAI, and Anthropic cosigned it. The AI Evaluator Forum itself was formed in December 2025. Labs can now align on a more concrete third-party evaluation framework, changing how outside evaluators are recruited and audited for safety and alignment claims.
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