---
title: "Do the Future of Life Institute's Summer 2026 AI Safety Index scores match the figures recorded in the vault?"
type: "question"
status: "answered"
date_answered: "2026-07-14T00:00:00.000Z"
answered_log: ["2026-07-14: Answered by [[claim-fli-summer-2026-index-grades-chinese-labs-below-western]] — the 2026-07-09 cross-model (fable) audit independently re-fetched the published FLI index and confirmed all five scores/grades verbatim (DeepSeek 0.47/F, Alibaba Cloud 0.87/D-, Z.ai 0.88/D-, Anthropic 2.66/C+, OpenAI 2.28/C) plus the 'complete passivity' and 'a global problem, not a regional one' framing quotes."]
date_raised: "2026-07-09T00:00:00.000Z"
tags: ["ai-safety-index","china","verification","quantitative"]
---


## The question

The note [[claim-fli-summer-2026-index-grades-chinese-labs-below-western]] records
specific grades from the Future of Life Institute's Summer 2026 AI Safety Index:
DeepSeek 0.47 (F), Alibaba Cloud 0.87 (D-), Z.ai 0.88 (D-), Anthropic 2.66 (C+),
OpenAI 2.28 (C). Do these numbers, letter grades, and lab names match the
published index?

## Why it matters

Every figure is a load-bearing quantitative claim, and the note's whole argument
(Chinese labs grade far below Western peers despite CnAISDA's institution-building)
depends on the numbers being right. The claim currently rests on a single batch
capture that has not had an independent re-check; the note is held at `seedling`
and `audit_status: capture-verified` until this is resolved.

## What would answer it

- Read the published index at https://futureoflife.org/ai-safety-index-summer-2026/
  directly.
- Confirm the five scores and their letter grades verbatim.
- Confirm the panel framing quotes — "complete passivity" as an existential-safety
  strategy, and "inadequate safety is a global problem, not a regional one."
- If confirmed verbatim, upgrade the note's `audit_status` to `verified-verbatim`.
  If the figures differ, correct the note and flag the discrepancy.


## Progress log

- 2026-07-14: Answered by [[claim-fli-summer-2026-index-grades-chinese-labs-below-western]] — the 2026-07-09 cross-model (fable) audit independently re-fetched the published FLI index and confirmed all five scores/grades verbatim (DeepSeek 0.47/F, Alibaba Cloud 0.87/D-, Z.ai 0.88/D-, Anthropic 2.66/C+, OpenAI 2.28/C) plus the 'complete passivity' and 'a global problem, not a regional one' framing quotes.