Some of the biggest players in the AI world have agreed to give the U.S. government early access to their frontier models to test them ahead of public release, with the announcement coming one day after a report that President Donald Trump’s administration is weighing an executive order on the matter.
"Independent, rigorous measurement science is essential to understanding frontier AI and its national security implications," said Chris Fall, the center's director, in a statement. "These expanded industry collaborations help us scale our work in the public interest at a critical moment."
The executive order discussions were prompted partly by Anthropic's announcement last month that its breakthrough Claude Mythos model was adept at finding weak points in cybersecurity defenses, raising concerns among officials about national security implications.
Separately, the administration has clashed with Anthropic over model access. The Trump administration and Anthropic entered a contract dispute in February after Anthropic declined a request for unrestricted access to its AI models.
The potential executive order marks a sharp reversal from Trump's earlier stance on AI regulation, as he’s advocated for minimal oversight of the industry.
Since returning to office in 2025, Trump rolled back Biden-era regulatory requirements that asked AI developers to perform safety evaluations and report on models with potential military applications. On his first day in office, he revoked a 2023 executive order signed by former President Joe Biden that required developers of AI systems posing risks to share safety test results with the government before public release.
