UK regains pre-release access to US AI models after White House reversal
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The Trump administration has rolled back a directive that kept OpenAI and Anthropic models away from British safety testers until US reviews were done Britain’s AI safety testers are back in the room. The UK’s AI Security Institute (AISI) can once again evaluate advanced models from major US developers, including OpenAI and Anthropic , before those models reach the public. The shift follows a reversal by the Trump administration on October 11, 2026. It restores a voluntary arrangement that Washington had effectively paused only weeks earlier. The story starts in September 2026.
Source: Crypto Briefing
