White House Limits AI Security Reviews to Closed Models as Open-Source Systems Escape New Rules
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Updated · The New York Times · Aug 4
White House Limits AI Security Reviews to Closed Models as Open-Source Systems Escape New Rules
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Aug 4
Summary
White House officials told major AI companies on Tuesday that the government will review only “closed” AI models for security risks, excluding open-source systems from the initial framework.
Closed models from companies such as OpenAI and Anthropic are set to face the new scrutiny, while open-source models from Meta, Google, Nvidia and Chinese firms remain outside the review for now.
Representatives from OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, Meta, Google and Nvidia attended the meeting, where officials sought feedback but said the review rules were nearly complete.
The approach formalizes Trump administration oversight of leading AI labs, but postpones regulation of fast-improving open-source models and could aid rivals using open-source software to challenge the current leaders.