{
  "id": 264890,
  "title": "The White House’s plan to vet potentially dangerous AI is cloaked in secrecy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/the-white-houses-plan-to-vet-potentially-dangerous-ai-is-cloaked-in",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-07T13:00:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Technology",
    "slug": "guardian-technology",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/07/white-house-ai"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The White House has unveiled a framework for vetting potentially dangerous AI models, but the details remain shrouded in secrecy. The administration, under the Trump regime, held private meetings with representatives from leading tech companies such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Google, Nvidia, and Microsoft to discuss the new AI testing standards. Despite the fact that these tech giants have agreed to participate in a voluntary vetting process, the White House has decided not to make its policy public. Instead, it will only share testing criteria with a select group of companies, raising concerns about transparency and accountability in the regulation of AI. This move could potentially benefit secretive AI companies, as they would have more discretion in how their models are tested and evaluated.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Business Insider",
        "title": "White House advisor says companies are blaming AI for layoffs because 'it plays better in the press'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/white-house-advisor-says-companies-are-blaming-ai-for-layoffs-because",
        "published": "2026-08-06T09:03:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Guardian Business",
        "title": "The White House’s plan to vet potentially dangerous AI is cloaked in secrecy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/the-white-houses-plan-to-vet-potentially-dangerous-ai-is-cloaked-in-305393",
        "published": "2026-08-07T13:00:18.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}