The majority of artificial intelligence companies are failing to manage the catastrophic risks that come with the technology, according to a new study.

The assessment by AI safety experts at the nonprofit Future of Life Institute found that the eight leading AI firms “lack the concrete safeguards, independent oversight and credible long-term risk-management strategies that such powerful systems demand.”

US companies scored the best marks in the AI Safety Index , with Anthropic ahead of ChatGPT creator OpenAI and Google DeepMind . Chinese companies recorded the lowest overall grades, with Alibaba Cloud coming just behind DeepSeek.

No company scored above a D when evaluated for existential risk, while Alibaba Cloud, DeepSeek, Meta, xAI and Z.ai all scored an F.

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