The White House framework for vetting the cybersecurity risks of advanced artificial intelligence models would focus on the top-tier products from U.S. developers such as OpenAI and Anthropic — while exempting a rising breed of lower-cost AI software, three people familiar with the policy told POLITICO.
Specifically, the vetting policy would not apply to so-called open-source or open-weight models, according to the people, who were granted anonymity to disclose details from private conversations. Open models have lately seen a surge of activity and interest across the tech industry, including from AI developers in China, despite not yet offering the same advanced capabilities of the top U.S. models.
The new details, provided after the White House met with staffers from top tech companies Tuesday to review the framework, offer the latest glimpse into the Trump administration’s efforts to tackle two daunting goals — ensuring that the AI industry’s ever-more-powerful products don’t create unsustainable security risks, without imposing such heavy regulations that the U.S. loses the tech race to Beijing.
The framework, which the White House has yet to make public, follows a June 2 executive order aiming to address AI’s catastrophic risks.
