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Trump admin moves further into AI oversight, will test Google, Microsoft and xAI models

Cnbc · · 362 words · By Ashley Capoot; Kate Rooney
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“The Center for AI Standards and Innovation on Tuesday announced agreements with Google DeepMind, Microsoft and Elon Musk's xAI that will allow the U.S. government to evaluate artificial intelligence models before they are publicly available.”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that CAISI announced agreements with Google DeepMind, Microsoft, and xAI for pre-deployment evaluation of AI models.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Scale AI, Inc. is an American artificial intelligence infrastructure and software company based in San Francisco, California. Originally focused on data annotation, the company also offers RLHF servic…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scale_AI
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An artificial intelligence safety institute is a type of state-backed organization aiming to evaluate and ensure the safety of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models, also called frontier AI mod…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence_safety…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Paul Christiano is an American researcher in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), with a specific focus on AI alignment, which is the subfield of AI safety research that aims to steer AI systems…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Christiano
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“CAISI, which sits under the U.S. Department of Commerce”
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Web search results explicitly state that CAISI is an office within the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An artificial intelligence safety institute is a type of state-backed organization aiming to evaluate and ensure the safety of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models, also called frontier AI mod…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence_safety…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Paul Christiano is an American researcher in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), with a specific focus on AI alignment, which is the subfield of AI safety research that aims to steer AI systems…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Christiano
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Scale AI, Inc. is an American artificial intelligence infrastructure and software company based in San Francisco, California. Originally focused on data annotation, the company also offers RLHF servic…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scale_AI
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“The announcement builds on CAISI's previous partnerships with OpenAI and Anthropic from 2024”
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While search results mention Anthropic and OpenAI separately, there is no specific evidence in the provided results confirming that CAISI had formal partnerships with both specifically in 2024.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An artificial intelligence safety institute is a type of state-backed organization aiming to evaluate and ensure the safety of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models, also called frontier AI mod…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence_safety…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Joseph J. Allaire (born 1969), better known professionally as J. J. Allaire, is an American-born software engineer and Internet entrepreneur. He created the ColdFusion programming language and web app…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Regulation of artificial intelligence is the development of public sector policies and laws for promoting and regulating artificial intelligence (AI). The regulatory and policy landscape for AI is an …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_of_artificial_intel…
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“Those agreements have been renegotiated to reflect CAISI's directives from the Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and America's AI Action Plan”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of Kentucky Derby results and a general Wikipedia entry on AI safety institutes; there is no evidence regarding renegotiated agreements or directives from Howard Lutnick.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An artificial intelligence safety institute is a type of state-backed organization aiming to evaluate and ensure the safety of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models, also called frontier AI mod…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence_safety…
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web search NEUTRAL — 6 days ago · Three of the scratches happened early enough for three other horses to draw into the field. Here's a list of the horses racing in the Derby in order by post position with their odds:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kentucky-derby-horses-2026/
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 30, 2026 · Kentucky Derby 2026 field and odds: See the full list of horses, post positions, trainers, jockeys and betting outlook for the 152nd Run for the Roses.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dannybrewer/2026/04/30/who-is-r…
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“the White House has been weighing the creation of a new AI working group that would explore potential oversight procedures, including plans to vet models before they're released to the public”
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The search results for 'White' are dictionary definitions. While Wikipedia mentions 'America's AI Action Plan', there is no evidence provided regarding a specific White House working group for pre-release vetting.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "Winning the Race: America's AI Action Plan" is a policy blueprint published by the Trump administration describing policy actions related to AI. It was announced by Donald Trump at the "Winning the A…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_Action_Plan
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — David Oliver Sacks (born May 25, 1972) is a South African-American entrepreneur, author, and investor in internet technology firms. He is a general partner of Craft Ventures, a venture capital fund he…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States federal government and state governments have developed some regulation of artificial intelligence, including executive orders, federal laws, and state laws. Federal agencies have al…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_of_artificial_intel…
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“The New York Times was first to report the working group.”
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The search results only provide general homepages for Google News, AP, and NYT, with no specific article confirming NYT was the first to report on a working group.
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web search NEUTRAL — Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.
https://news.google.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — The U.S. Postal Service is releasing a new series of stamps to honor Route 66’s centennial. The offering includes eight stamps — one each for the states traversed by the Mother Road.
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web search NEUTRAL — Live news, investigations, opinion, photos and video by the journalists of The New York Times from more than 150 countries around the world.
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“Anthropic... announcing a powerful new model, Claude Mythos Preview.”
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Multiple independent sources confirm the announcement of the 'Claude Mythos Preview' model by Anthropic.
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web search NEUTRAL — Claude Mythos Preview is a confirmed, officially announced Anthropic frontier AI model — the most capable the company has ever built — deliberately withheld from public release due to unprecedented cy…
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/anthropics-claude-mythos-prev…
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web search NEUTRAL — That model is Claude Mythos Preview. And I genuinely think this might be the most important AI announcement of 2026.Earlier this week, Anthropic announced something called Project Glasswing. Buried in…
https://pixicstudio.medium.com/anthropic-claude-mythos-previ…
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web search NEUTRAL — This week Anthropic, a leading AI company in San Francisco, announced “Claude Mythos Preview”, an AI model that the startup says is too dangerous to publicly release, thanks to its exceptional cyberse…
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/10/anthropic…
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“the company decided to limit the rollout to a select group of companies as part of a new cybersecurity initiative called Project Glasswing.”
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Multiple sources confirm that the rollout of Claude Mythos Preview is limited to a select group via a cybersecurity initiative called 'Project Glasswing'.
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web search NEUTRAL — We formed Project Glasswing because of capabilities we’ve observed in a new frontier model trained by Anthropic that we believe could reshape cybersecurity. Claude Mythos2 Preview is a general-purpose…
https://www.anthropic.com/glasswing
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web search NEUTRAL — Claude Mythos Preview is, by every measurable metric, the most capable AI model in existence — and it is locked behind a carefully controlled cybersecurity initiative called Project Glasswing.
https://www.nxcode.io/resources/news/claude-mythos-preview-a…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mythos Preview is a general-purpose frontier model in Anthropic’s Claude family. A leaked draft blog post, discovered by Fortune in an unsecured Anthropic data store on March 26, revealed the model’s …
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/claude-mythos-preview-project…
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“Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei met with senior members of the Trump administration to discuss Mythos at the White House just days after it was announced.”
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No evidence was found after searching for the meeting between Dario Amodei and the Trump administration.
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“the Defense Department had declared Anthropic a supply chain risk”
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The claim is supported by a single cross-reference from CNBC stating the Pentagon declared the company a supply chain risk in March.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — the Pentagon... declared the company a supply chain risk in March, blacklisting it from work with the military
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/06/anthropic-ceo-dario-amodei-s…
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