In an interview with The Economist published on July 23, Elon Musk proposed that leading AI labs submit their most advanced “frontier” models to a peer review process before public release. The xAI chief executive emphasized giving competitors sufficient time to evaluate substantial new models to safeguard public welfare, noting that July 2026 has turned into an AI arms race with xAI’s Grok 4.5, OpenAI’s GPT-5.6, and Anthropic’s Fable 5 all hitting the market in roughly the same window. Musk referred to Grok 4.5 as “Opus-class” and advocated for regular safety and security meetings among major AI firms. The article notes the practical question of whether competing labs will open their intellectual property to rivals, and that investors should watch for public responses from OpenAI or Anthropic to determine if this is a genuine industry shift.