Governance and control

US AI Safety Institute secures predeployment model access

NIST signed agreements with Anthropic and OpenAI establishing formal safety research and testing, including access to major new models before and after public release and feedback on potential safety improvements.

CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1
AWAY FROM DOOM52confidence 99/100

Why it moved the index

Predeployment government access creates an institutional channel for independent frontier-model evaluation and safety feedback before public exposure, materially strengthening oversight despite the agreements' collaborative rather than coercive form.

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Assessment history

  1. R1
    Away 52 · confidence 99

    New August 2024 frontier-model governance and predeployment testing agreement.

    12 Aug 2026