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887 White House Considers Vetting AI Models Before They Are Released

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 05/04/2026 19:00 EDT

White House Considers Vetting AI Models Before They Are Released

The Trump administration is reportedly considering an executive order to create a working group that could review advanced AI models before public release. The shift follows concerns over Anthropic's powerful Mythos model and its cyber capabilities, with officials weighing whether the government should get early access to frontier models without necessarily blocking their release. The New York Times reports: In meetings last week, White House officials told executives from Anthropic, Google and OpenAI about

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