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The White House is now deciding who gets access to frontier AI models, not the labs

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The Trump administration is dictating access to frontier AI models, shifting that decision from Anthropic and OpenAI to the government via the Gold Eagle programme.

The Trump administration is now dictating which companies and entities get access to frontier AI models from Anthropic and OpenAI, CNBC reported on Friday, citing two people familiar with the matter. Until now, the labs made that decision themselves. Anthropic controlled access to its Mythos cybersecurity model through an initiative called Project Glasswing. OpenAI ran a similar programme called Daybreak for its cyber model. Going forward, these partner lists will require explicit government approval.

A White House official told CNBC that the government does not “provide approvals for AI releases” and that company participation is “voluntary.” But the administration blocked Anthropic’s Claude Mythos 5 and Fable 5 last month over national security concerns, reinstating access only after weeks of negotiations....

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OpenAI hit its billion-user goal, just seven months late

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BuzzFeed bet on AI to save it. It just cut another third of its staff.

xAI says the First Amendment protects the right to build ‘nudify’ tools

AI agents don’t log in like people. That problem just sold for $1bn.

OpenAI hit its billion-user goal, just seven months late