Google, Microsoft, and xAI will allow the US government to review their new AI models

Google DeepMind, Microsoft, and xAI will let the US government review their new AI models before public release. The Commerce Department's CAISI will conduct pre-deployment evaluations to assess AI capabilities. This expands government oversight to more AI companies beyond OpenAI and Anthropic.

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The Center for AI Standards and Innovation will evaluate new models before they’re released publicly.

Google DeepMind, Microsoft, and Elon Musk’s xAI have agreed to allow the US government to review new AI models before they’re released to the public. In an announcement on Tuesday, the Commerce Department’s Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) says it will work with the AI companies to perform “pre-deployment evaluations and targeted research to better assess frontier AI capabilities.”

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Google, Microsoft, and xAI will allow the US government to review their new AI models

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