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White House, AI firms keep safety framework talks private

The White House met with representatives from leading artificial intelligence companies today to discuss a safety framework for the government to review frontier models prior to launch, although there’s no plan as yet to make the details public fare. The Trump administration teamed up with executives from a number of firms that included Anthropic PBC, […] The post White House, AI firms keep…

White House, AI firms keep safety framework talks private

The White House has held private discussions with representatives from leading AI companies, including Anthropic PBC, OpenAI PBC, Google LLC, Meta Platforms Inc., and Nvidia Corp., to develop a safety framework for reviewing frontier models prior to their release. The talks follow several incidents where advanced AI models have gone rogue, raising significant safety concerns as companies race to build more sophisticated systems.

The framework would require companies to share their models with the government 30 days before launch, though this is voluntary and only for the most advanced systems. While the administration aims to provide more control and prevent potentially damaging releases, the lack of transparency and the voluntary nature of the process has been criticized by experts as "baffling."

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