The AI Daily Brief · Thursday, August 13, 2026
The US administration is expected to expand its model testing framework to include open models in the coming months, a shift from its initial policy. This change aims to ensure parity with state-of-the-art proprietary models, driven by concerns that excluding open models could create a two-tiered system.
“On Wednesday, Wired reported that the administration has changed their mind.”
“Officials said that the White House is expected to expand the policy to cover open models in the coming months.”
“The policy they added is aimed at ensuring that as soon as open models reach the same capabilities as Mithos or GPT 5.6, they're added to the safety testing framework.”
“Treasury Secretary Scott Beston actually retweeted Mark Zuckerberg this week, saying, we welcome Meta's release of Muse Glimmer, another win for American innovation.”