As AI models break free, White House works with firms on secret safety measures
President Donald Trump and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in Evian, France, on June 17, 2026. Ludovic MARIN / AFP via Getty Images
ByPatrick Tucker,
Science & Technology Editor
August 7, 2026 12:52 PM ET
Lawmakers blast administration's "ad-hoc" AI strategy; tech giants pitch ideas to keep federal contracts flowing.
No one is saying, officially, what was decided when top frontier AI labs—Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta—met with White House officials on Tuesday to discuss voluntary guidelines for testing new models.
But Democratic lawmakers described the Trump administration's approach to regulation as “ad-hoc and unpredictable,” and said it’s likely to boost global adoption of rival Chinese models at the worst possible time.
Two officials with one of the labs said that Google, Anthropic, and OpenAI submitted a joint draft of the regulation around nine days ago and then began to work with each other...
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