San Francisco, Sept. 13 -- Leading artificial intelligence developers appear poised to formalise a collaborative agreement focused on decelerating technological progress and jointly tackling mounting safety vulnerabilities as system capabilities expand.

In an interview with Fortune on Friday, OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman pointed towards an imminent cross-industry framework.

Addressing Fortune Editor-in-Chief Alyson Shontell regarding why major laboratory heads do not convene directly to establish risk-mitigation measures, Altman stated, "I think that will happen."

Elaborating further on these confidential deliberations, Altman remarked, "I'm not going to pre-announce private discussions that I think should be at some point...