US reverses course on Britain's testing of AI models, Telegraph says

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By Courtney Rozen

WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (Reuters) - American AI developers can give the British ‌government early access to AI models for ⁠safety testing without running afoul of US President Donald ‌Trump's administration, the Telegraph ‌newspaper said on Sunday.

The Trump administration has reversed a decision that requested developers such as ​OpenAI and Anthropic not to share new AI models with Britain's AI Security Institute ⁠before release, the newspaper said.

The change signals a softer stance by ​the Trump administration on international AI safety efforts, giving US developers greater latitude ​to cooperate with Britain as ‌policymakers grapple with how to oversee the increasingly powerful technology.

Spokespersons for Trump, ⁠OpenAI and Anthropic did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Reuters.

Britain's AI Security Institute, ⁠set up after the world's first AI safety summit ​in 2023, tests the most advanced AI models to evaluate their capabilities and the risk of misuse.

Trump has ‌repeatedly dismissed calls for binding safety requirements on AI developers, a position that ‌appears to be shifting.

His newly launched AI ⁠task force said on ‌Friday developers must ​report security incidents with their AI models.

(Reporting by Courtney Rozen; Editing by Clarence ‌Fernandez)

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