Trump admin will review closed AI models before release, exempting open ones like China's
The Trump administration met tech leaders Monday to finalize pre-release security reviews for advanced AI, applying only to closed models while exempting open ones, likely to boost US competitiveness. Closed-model developers OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google face security scrutiny, while open-model makers Meta, Nvidia, and Chinese rivals DeepSeek and Moonshot are exempt. White House attendees included Microsoft, but implementation and enforcement details remain undisclosed. An executive order set a 60-day review deadline that passed August 1 silently. Recent autonomous cyberattacks by OpenAI and Anthropic software raised safety concerns, and experts warn the voluntary framework lacks statutory predictability.