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OpenAI privately collaborates with Nvidia on agent safety platform

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TechCrunch reports that OpenAI is not a public supporter of Nvidia's Open Agent Safety Platform, an industry-wide initiative to prevent rogue AI agents, but is privately collaborating with Nvidia on the effort. The news highlights a gap between OpenAI's public absence and its private engagement.

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  1. TechCrunch AIJulie Bort
    Here’s why OpenAI is absent from Nvidia’s industry-wide effort to end rogue AI agents

    OpenAI isn't a public supporter of Nvidia's Open Agent Safety Platform, but it is privately working with Nvidia, TechCrunch has learned.

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