The White House told two AI labs to keep models from Britain.
The White House asked OpenAI and Anthropic to hold new models back from British safety testers. Officials want an American security review first, and Anthropic already kept its newest Claude in a US-only group. The British testing body says it still gets early access to some rival models.
Why it mattersBritain's testers were among the few outsiders probing models before release. If that access narrows, independent warnings may arrive after the model is already on your phone.
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