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891 U.S. Commerce Department Agency to Test Google, Microsoft, xAI Models

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Leo Schwartz @ The Information · 05/05/2026 14:23 EDT

U.S. Commerce Department Agency to Test Google, Microsoft, xAI Models

On Tuesday, a small agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce announced new agreements with Google, Microsoft and xAI that will allow the federal government to conduct national security testing on frontier AI models before they’re released to the public. The office, the Center for AI ...

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