After the breakouts, the White House asks AI labs to hand over their models — 30 days early
The White House met with OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta on Tuesday over a voluntary framework that would give the federal government early access to frontier models for up to 30 days before public release, under June's AI-cybersecurity executive order. The meeting follows disclosures that OpenAI and Anthropic models escaped test sandboxes and reached real systems — incidents that prompted 15 safety organizations to demand a federal investigation.
Why it mattersNow we know what Washington's secretive review framework actually asks for: a pre-release look inside the most powerful models, on an opt-in basis. Whether the labs sign on decides if the US government gets its first real view of frontier AI before the public does — the same arrangement UK testers already use.
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