White House briefs AI firms on plans for model review, the Information reports


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May 20 (Reuters) - The ⁠White House's Office of the National ⁠Cyber Director hosted a briefing for ‌leading AI companies on a planned executive order that would empower intelligence and other government agencies to ​review advanced AI models ⁠before their release, the ⁠Information reported on Wednesday.

The National Cyber Director ⁠hosted ‌a meeting on Tuesday with companies including OpenAI, Anthropic and Reflection ⁠AI, the report said, citing people ​familiar with ‌the matter.

U.S. President Donald Trump could sign ⁠the ​executive order as soon as Thursday, the report said, adding that the order would ⁠establish a voluntary framework under ​which developers of frontier AI models would be required to notify the U.S. government ahead ⁠of major releases.

As part of the framework, the companies could share advanced models with government agencies up to 90 days ​before public launch, the ⁠report said.

OpenAI and Reflection AI did not immediately ​respond to Reuters' requests ‌for comments, while Anthropic ​declined to comment.

(Reporting by Prakhar Srivastava in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli)

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