The White House is excluding open models from its framework to test advanced AI capabilities.
Trump's framework excludes open-source models; only closed-source frontier AI systems face 30-day pre-release government review. Favors proprietary AI (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google) over open alternatives, shaping enterprise stack decisions and vendor lock-in risk.
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The White House is excluding open models from its framework to test advanced AI capabilities, sources familiar with the matter told Axios.
Why it matters: The voluntary framework will determine how the Trump administration reviews advanced AI models before release, but the White House isn't making it public.
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