White House asks OpenAI and Anthropic to hold new models from UK testers until US review, sources say.

Business Insider | 24-09-2026 10:30pm |

The White House has requested that OpenAI and Anthropic refrain from sharing their new artificial intelligence models with the UK government's testing agency until the models have undergone review by the US government. The request, originating from the Office of the National Cyber Director, places the companies in a position of having to choose between complying with the US request and sharing with the UK's AI Security Institute. This comes as UK leaders call for a shared set of global principles for AI. The White House is working to determine how to handle powerful new AI models.

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