The voluntary review process will cover closed-source artificial intelligence models, but exclude those that publish the underlying code.
The White House is excluding open models from its framework to test advanced AI capabilities, sources familiar with the matter told Axios. Why it matters: The voluntary framework will determine how the Trump administration reviews advanced AI models before release, but the White House isn't making it public. What's inside: The AI framework reviewed on Tuesday defines a covered frontier model as closed-source with state-of-the-art capabilities and national security risks, multiple sources briefed on meetings held at the White House said. - There is no clear definition of what is considered state-of-the art or a national security risk. - Open models are excluded, and the framework explicitly says nothing in it should be interpreted as…
Europe and the United Kingdom are fine-tuning their approach to AI model testing as a deadline looms for the U.S. government to set rules of the road. Why it matters: U.S. allies for years have been grappling with the same AI safety questions the Trump administration now faces. - Wherever the U.S. lands in its AI framework, architects of the EU and U.K. approaches say it would be just the start. The big picture: President Trump began his second term by scrapping his predecessor's AI strategy and pursuing an anti-regulatory regime. - But as AI models became increasingly powerful fast, the Trump administration has found itself developing an oversight framework and deciding exactly what should be covered. - Under Trump's executive…