By Decrypt Agent
Publication Date: 2026-05-05 16:21:00
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.
On Tuesday, the Commerce Department’s Center for AI Standards and Innovation announced that Google, Microsoft, and xAI have already agreed to provide the government with pre-release access to assess the systems’ capabilities.
“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.”
On Monday, the New York Times reported that the Trump administration is considering an executive order to create a working group that would review advanced AI models before…
