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OpenAI has confirmed it will participate in the voluntary framework established by President Donald Trump's executive order asking AI companies to give the federal government access to their most powerful models before public release, according to CNBC.
Signing up to the order was confirmed by George Osborne, who leads OpenAI's country-level operations. "It's quite right that democratic governments have a big role to play in how this technology is used and deployed," he said. Osborne previously served as the U.K.'s finance minister from 2010 to 2016.
At SXSW London, Osborne made clear that OpenAI acts without waiting for government prompts, describing the company's sense of obligation as something it takes "very seriously." He added that OpenAI has put forward its own proposals to help governments monitor safety and security risks tied to AI — an effort he said extends beyond the United States.
Trump signed the order on June 2. Participating companies would be required to give federal agencies a window of up to 30 days to conduct cybersecurity evaluations of their top-tier models ahead of any broader rollout. Whether a model qualifies as a "covered frontier model" — the threshold that triggers the early-access provision — would be determined through a classified benchmarking assessment of its advanced cyber capabilities. The order explicitly prohibits any reading of it as authorizing mandatory licensing, preclearance, or permitting requirements for AI model development or release.
