White House asks OpenAI and Anthropic to hold new models from UK testers until US review

Politico: The request, which came from the Office of the National Cyber Director, puts companies in the difficult position of having to choose between withholding their models from U.K.’s AI Security Institute – one of the most well-resourced government testing agencies in the world which previously enjoyed privileged early access to models – or risk upsetting the Trump White House. The senior administration official said the White House wants the U.S. to review the models and take steps to make sure U.S. systems are secure before the models are shared with U.S. partners…