# OpenAI Adds External AI Safety Auditors

> OpenAI seeks global third-party experts to monitor AI safety risks
- Title: OpenAI Adds External AI Safety Auditors · Pymnts | Shortify
- Summary: OpenAI seeks global third-party experts to monitor AI safety risks OpenAI plans to recruit independent assessors for AI safety to prevent autonomous AI…
- Keywords: openai, ai safety, third party assessment, recursive self improvement, united states, ai risk, gavin newsom, dario amodei, truth social, ai governance, business, finance
- Source: Pymnts — https://pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2026/openai-recruits-external-watchdogs-to-police-ai-risk
- Author: PYMNTS
- Published: 2026-09-23T00:06:19+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: openai, ai safety, third party assessment, recursive self improvement, united states, ai risk, gavin newsom, dario amodei, truth social, ai governance, business, finance
## OpenAI recruits external assessors
OpenAI says it's talking with multiple independent assessors to grow the number of companies with frontier AI safety expertise
## AI safety priorities
OpenAI outlines principles for third-party assessments to help AI labs train, evaluate and deploy models safely
## Recursive self improvement risks
OpenAI warns RSI could lead to humans losing control of AI development if it outpaces human understanding
## California executive order
California Gov. Gavin Newsom orders national experts to create AI safety guidelines
## Trump rejects AI safety concerns
President Trump says AI will grow to 25% of US GDP without safety restrictions
## Key takeaway

OpenAI plans to recruit independent assessors for AI safety to prevent autonomous AI development from outpacing human understanding