July 18, 2026

The White House is now deciding who gets access to frontier AI models, not the labs

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The Trump administration is now dictating which companies and entities get access to frontier AI models from Anthropic and OpenAI, CNBC reported on Friday, citing two people familiar with the matter. Until now, the labs made that decision themselves....