Top AI Firms Earn Failing Grades on FLI Safety Index

Establishment-critical narrative

Nine of the biggest AI labs just got graded on safety and governance — and not one passed. Even more alarmingly, four abandoned pledges they made in existential risk. This is what happens when competitive pressure meets self-policing. Frontier AI buyers can't just take model cards at face value anymore; they need hard answers on risk thresholds, access to external testing and incident reporting before deploying these systems.