Secret AI Safety Talks
The White House is consulting major AI firms on model safety and security rules.
August 4, 2026 · Updated Aug 4, 8:17pm ET
The New York TimesTrump White House Readies AI Framework to Review Security Risks
FortuneWhite House won't publicly release AI model evaluation framework it reviewed today with Meta, Nvidia, Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic, variety of smaller companies
Washington ExaminerSenate Democrats ask Trump for answers on advanced AI models
Al JazeeraWhite House to meet AI firms on advanced model safety
Business InsiderThese are the AI world's biggest questions as the White House hashes out a framework with OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic
NewsmaxTrump AI Review Plan to Stay Secret
WiredThe White House Is Keeping Its AI Cybersecurity Framework Secret
GizmodoThe White Houseâs New AI Safety Framework Is None of Your Business
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What happened
The Trump White House has finalized a voluntary framework for federal pre-release reviews of cybersecurity risks in frontier AI models and briefed staff from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, Nvidia, Microsoft and smaller firms on Tuesday. The process applies to closed-source advanced models and excludes systems that release underlying code. The White House does not plan to publicly release the evaluation rubric; details will be shared only with companies that participate. Five Senate Democrats asked the administration Monday to explain its approach to advanced model access.
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