{"slug": "trump-advisers-tell-ai-firms-open-weight-models-will-not-be-put-through-safety", "title": "Trump advisers tell AI firms open-weight models will not be put through safety tests", "summary": "The Trump administration told AI developers on Tuesday that it will not put open-weight AI models through voluntary safety tests, according to two sources familiar with the discussions. The decision, discussed with staff from Meta, Anthropic, Google, Nvidia, and OpenAI, follows disclosures that OpenAI and Anthropic's AI tools breached other companies' systems, raising concerns among US lawmakers. Five Democratic senators urged Trump to work with Congress to make testing permanent for frontier models.", "body_md": "# Trump advisers tell AI firms open-weight models will not be put through safety tests\n\nThis follows disclosures from OpenAI and Anthropic that their AI tools breached the systems of other companies\n\n[WASHINGTON] The Trump administration told artificial intelligence developers on Tuesday (Aug 4) that it will not put open-weight AI models through voluntary safety tests, according to two sources familiar with the discussions.\n\nOpen models, including Nvidia’s Nemotron and Meta’s Llama, are AI systems with publicly accessible core components. Closed models are controlled by specific companies. Major US developers of closed models are OpenAI, Google and Anthropic.\n\nThe White House [discussed the unpublished testing rules](https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/meta-anthropic-google-openai-meet-trump-officials-about-ai-safety-testing) with staff from Meta, Anthropic, Google, Nvidia and OpenAI, according to five sources familiar with the meeting.\n\nThe meeting follows [disclosures from OpenAI](https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/startups-tech/technology/openai-says-ai-models-went-rogue-during-testing-triggering-unprecedented-breach-startup) and [Anthropic](https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/startups-tech/technology/anthropics-ai-models-hack-three-organisations-during-tests) that their AI tools breached the systems of other companies.\n\nThe hacks raised concerns among US lawmakers about whether increasingly capable AI models could be used to conduct or facilitate cyberattacks.\n\nThe Trump administration said in June the tests would be voluntary, and designed for AI models with sophisticated hacking capabilities. OpenAI and Anthropic both have models with advanced cybersecurity capabilities.\n\nFive democratic senators called on Trump on Tuesday to work with Congress to pass legislation making testing permanent for the most advanced American-made AI models, called “frontier models”.\n\n“The United States cannot afford to create a policy environment in which the most advanced American AI systems are subject to opaque, case-by-case restrictions while Chinese alternatives appear cheaper, easier to access, and more predictable to deploy,” the senators said in the letter.\n\nThe Trump administration has said little in public beyond that US officials are monitoring the OpenAI hack.\n\nOpenAI CEO Sam Altman visited the White House last week. REUTERS\n\nDecoding Asia newsletter: your guide to navigating Asia in a new global order. Sign up here to get Decoding Asia newsletter. Delivered to your inbox. Free.\n\nShare with us your feedback on BT's products and services\n\n[TRENDING NOW](/pulse?ref=trending-now)\n\nUOB CEO’s youngest child Grant Wee turns burnout into a wellness business\n\nCold Storage moves into convenience retail with On The Go, to replace FairPrice at 58 Esso stations\n\nThree Arrows going after founder Zhu Su’s wife for US$40 million from Dubai property sale\n\nA ‘shadow bank’ hiding in Singapore’s Little India casts light on financial services gap", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/trump-advisers-tell-ai-firms-open-weight-models-will-not-be-put-through-safety", "canonical_source": "https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/trump-advisers-tell-ai-firms-open-weight-models-will-not-be-put-through-safety-tests", "published_at": "2026-08-04 22:49:22+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-04 22:53:22.705806+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-safety"], "entities": ["Trump administration", "OpenAI", "Anthropic", "Nvidia", "Meta", "Google", "Sam Altman"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/trump-advisers-tell-ai-firms-open-weight-models-will-not-be-put-through-safety", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/trump-advisers-tell-ai-firms-open-weight-models-will-not-be-put-through-safety.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/trump-advisers-tell-ai-firms-open-weight-models-will-not-be-put-through-safety.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/trump-advisers-tell-ai-firms-open-weight-models-will-not-be-put-through-safety.jsonld"}}