White House framework for testing AI models remains hidden as concerns about threats mount

September 10, 2026 / 3:07 PM EDT / CBS News

Washington — The White House has yet to publicly release the voluntary framework for testing frontier AI models that it finalized in August, with no indication of when it might do so, as current and former Anthropic employees issue warnings about AI's potential threat to humans.

Anthropic, the developer of Claude, said in a report released Thursday that it shut down multiple potential efforts by scientists to use Claude to conduct research that could have potentially built biological weapons.

The White House finalized the framework by the beginning of August, following an executive order President Trump signed in June. The June executive order asked AI companies like Anthropic and OpenAI to voluntarily give the federal government access to their most advanced models up to 30 days before releasing them, with a goal of enhancing the models' security. Mr. Trump pulled the plug on an initial executive order signing because he said he didn't want the federal government to slow down innovation.

The framework that the administration is using to evaluate new models remains confidential, so it's not clear what standards the federal government is asking the companies to meet or…

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