The AI Daily Brief · Wednesday, July 29, 2026
The US administration is set to finalize its AI safety testing framework by August 1st, a critical deadline influencing the policy governing AI deployment and model releases. The debate includes potential restrictions on Chinese open-source AI, with public discussions involving government officials like Treasury Secretary Scott Besson and Commerce Secretary Howard Lattnig.
“The June executive order set a deadline of August 1st for the creation of the frameworks.”
“The AI of 2026 is very clearly not the AI of 2025. The policy implications of this 2026 AI are clearly much more significant than anything we had before.”
“We got tweets on either side of it from Treasury Secretary Scott Besson and Commerce Secretary Howard Lattnig.”