Trump reportedly plans to exclude open-weight AI models from safety testing despite growing cybersecurity concerns.
White House excludes open-weight models from federal AI safety testing amid OpenAI/Anthropic agent breakout incidents. Regulatory move prioritizes open-source competition but widens cybersecurity exposure; China's GLM-5.2 narrows gap with GPT-5.5/Claude 4.7.
On Tuesday, the White House reportedly told leading AI companies that open-weight models will not be included in the government’s planned safety testing.
Trump’s AI Safety Tests Exclude Open-Weight Models The development was reported by Reuters, citing two sources familiar with the matter.
The White House did not immediately respond to Benzinga’s request for comments.
Open-weight AI models allow users to download, modify and customize the technology.
The decision comes as Meta Platforms, Inc.
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The U.S. government reportedly does not plan to include open-weight AI models in its new voluntary cybersecurity testing program.
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The framework, ordered by a June executive order, is expected to target closed-model companies OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google
