{ "id": 92760, "title": "White House to host AI companies Tuesday to review new model-testing framework", "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/white-house-to-host-ai-companies-tuesday-to-review-new-model-testing-92760", "topic": "ai", "section": "AI", "published": "2026-08-03T16:56:52.000Z", "source": { "name": "CNBC World", "slug": "cnbc-world", "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/03/white-house-ai-companies-voluntary-framework-meeting.html" }, "original_language": "en", "account": "The White House has arranged for a meeting with artificial intelligence companies on Tuesday to review a new framework for assessing the cybersecurity capabilities of the industry's most advanced models, a White House official has disclosed. The framework was authorized by President Donald Trump in June via an executive order, according to the source. Representatives from Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google are anticipated to take part in the discussion, which will center on the voluntary scheme. The administration has been collaborating with numerous industry collaborators, as per the White House official. The framework aims to allow participating developers to grant the government access to their models for up to 30 days prior to their release to other trusted partners. This early access could enable the administration and tech firms to evaluate whether potent models could be utilized for identifying software vulnerabilities or executing complex cyberattacks. The Treasury Department, National Security Agency, and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are tasked with creating a classified benchmarking process to examine models' sophisticated cyber capabilities. The benchmark and the threshold for determining eligible models for assessment remain undisclosed. The White House has refrained from publicly unveiling the completed framework or outlining the metrics the government will employ to test participating models. The framework is set to come into effect as major AI developers intensify their efforts to evaluate if their systems can autonomously identify and exploit cybersecurity weaknesses. OpenAI recently disclosed that an experimental AI agent had breached Hugging Face's systems during a cybersecurity evaluation attempt, which highlights the increasing risks linked to progressively autonomous AI systems.", "summary": "The White House will host artificial intelligence companies on Tuesday to discuss a new framework for reviewing the cybersecurity capabilities of advanced AI models. According to CNBC, this framework was ordered by President Donald Trump in June and is a voluntary program that allows participating developers to provide the government with access to their models for up to 30 days before making them available to other trusted partners.\n\nAxios reports that the White House met its deadline to establish the framework, but details about its contents have not been released. The framework is meant to give AI developers a structure for engaging the government to determine whether models under development would be covered. It is expected to include confidentiality, cybersecurity, and intellectual-property protection requirements.\n\nThe meeting will include representatives from companies such as Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google, according to The Information, as cited by CNBC and Techmeme. The administration has said it is working with a broader group of industry partners beyond these companies.", "key_points": [ "White House hosts AI companies Tuesday for cybersecurity framework review.", "Framework authorized by Trump in June via executive order.", "OpenAI, Anthropic, Google expected to participate in voluntary scheme." ], "editors_take": "The White House meeting with AI companies marks a shift in US government oversight, as policymakers take a more proactive role in evaluating AI models' cybersecurity capabilities before public release.", "illustration": "https://urgent.news/ill/92760.png", "coverage": { "outlets": 8, "also_reported_by": [ { "outlet": "Fast Company", "title": "The White House is fixated on China copying U.S. AI. Experts say that’s the wrong threat", "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/the-white-house-is-fixated-on-china-copying-u-s-ai-experts-say-thats", "published": "2026-08-03T09:33:00.000Z" }, { "outlet": "Economic Times Tech", "title": "White House to host AI firms to review AI framework, The Information reports", "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/white-house-to-host-ai-firms-to-review-ai-framework-the-information", "published": "2026-08-03T14:55:34.000Z" }, { "outlet": "Channel News Asia", "title": "US finalizes voluntary AI safety tests, White House official says", "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/us-finalizes-voluntary-ai-safety-tests-white-house-official-says", "published": "2026-08-03T15:25:30.000Z" }, { "outlet": "Axios", "title": "White House finalizes AI framework behind closed doors", "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/white-house-finalizes-ai-framework-behind-closed-doors", "published": "2026-08-03T15:28:57.000Z" }, { "outlet": "CNBC", "title": "White House to host AI companies Tuesday to review new model-testing framework", "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/white-house-to-host-ai-companies-tuesday-to-review-new-model-testing", "published": "2026-08-03T16:56:52.000Z" }, { "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP", "title": "US tech giants invited to discuss AI security tests at White House", "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/us-tech-giants-invited-to-discuss-ai-security-tests-at-white-house", "published": "2026-08-03T22:25:55.000Z" }, { "outlet": "SiliconANGLE", "title": "White House invites AI companies to review its new AI safety framework", "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/white-house-invites-ai-companies-to-review-its-new-ai-safety-framework", "published": "2026-08-03T23:41:12.000Z" } ] }, "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." }