The Trump administration is considering an executive order to create a working group on artificial intelligence, according to the New York Times, a bid to boost oversight of the emerging technology.
One proposal would include a government review process for new models, the Times reported, citing US officials and people briefed on the talks. White House (WH) officials told executives from Anthropic PBC, Alphabet Inc.’s Google and OpenAI about some of the plans under consideration during meetings last week, the newspaper said.
Such a move would mark a shift in President Donald Trump’s approach to AI, a technology he has championed with efforts to ease regulatory burdens to help boost construction of data centres and provide them with power.
Meanwhile, Microsoft, Google and Elon Musk’s xAI agreed to give the US government early access to new artificial intelligence models for national security testing, as US officials grow alarmed by the hacking capabilities of Anthropic’s newly unveiled Mythos.
AI Models to Be Vetted for Security Risks
The Centre for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) at the Department of Commerce said on Tuesday that the pact would allow it to evaluate the models before deployment and conduct research to assess their capabilities and security risks. The agreement fulfils a pledge the Trump administration made in July 2025 to partner with technology companies to vet their AI models for “national security risks.”
Microsoft will work with US government scientists to test AI systems “in ways that probe unexpected behaviours”, the company said in a statement.
Together they will develop shared datasets and workflows for testing the company’s models, the company said. Microsoft signed a similar agreement with the UK’s AI Security Institute, according to the statement.
Concern is growing in Washington over the national security risks posed by powerful AI systems. By securing early access to frontier models, US officials are aiming to identify threats ranging from cyberattacks to military misuse before the tools are widely deployed.
