Google, Microsoft, xAI, OpenAI and Anthropic have signed on to give the U.S. Commerce Department’s Center for AI Standards and Innovation pre‑release access to their newest models. The voluntary arrangement, built by a staff of fewer than 200, provides the closest approximation the United States has to an AI oversight system, though it carries no statutory authority and cannot block deployments. The expansion follows the so‑called Mythos crisis, which highlighted the need for early government scrutiny of powerful AI capabilities. Read more →