To force companies to be more transparent about rapid developments, Illinois would likely rely on “the Big Four accounting and auditing firms—Deloitte, EY, KPMG, and PwC—to audit their safety practices,” Wisor said. The required independent audits will likely frustrate Trump, who has tried and failed to stop states from implementing AI safety laws as Congress stalls on passing any legislation. For Trump, the priority has been to promote AI industry interests, but he began considering expanding federal government safety testing after Anthropic’s Mythos was released and the AI firm limited acces
Trump loses more control over AI regulation as Illinois passes landmark lawUnder the order, Trump directed the National Security Agency to set up a classified benchmarking process to determine the threshold for designating an AI model as a “covered frontier model.” The NSA must also collaborate with the US Treasury Department and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to establish a “cybersecurity clearinghouse” to scan and patch vulnerabilities at scale, as well as a voluntary framework for AI developers to submit models for safety testing. Critics have pointed out, however, that the text of the EO makes it clear how unprepared the government is
Trump plan to test AI models has a problem—US security teams were gutted by DOGE… Mary Edly-Allen, another co-sponsor, said her goal was to put “minimal guardrails in place” to ensure AI can be a “powerful tool for good.” By passing the law, Edly-Allen suggested that Illinois was creating a “roadmap for responsible innovation to prevent catastrophic risks” rather than an obstacl… …
… In a blog , Microsoft said that “testing for national security and large-scale public safety risks necessarily must be a collaborative endeavor with governments, while crediting the expertise “uniquely held by institutions like CAISI” to conduct such testing. xAI, which is currently fighting agains… …
… A model that appears unremarkable in isolated testing could become a potent cyber tool when integrated into an autonomous pipeline with access to real-world digital infrastructure.” According to Nguyen, the government must be cautious when deciding which models require safety testing, since it risk… …
… Trump’s next moves on AI safety in the US won’t just be closely watched by officials within his administration concerned about national security risks—which apparently includes Vice President JD Vance, who said on Wednesday that the administration was prioritizing “protecting people’s data” and “pe… …
… Defendants must be held accountable for the harm they have caused and the dangers they and ChatGPT continue to pose to Floridians.” In a press release , Uthmeier claimed that in rushing products like ChatGPT model 4o to market, OpenAI “ignored internal and external safety warnings, put children at … …
… Banning social media also prevents kids from accessing useful content, the group said. “Beyond being spaces where people can share funny videos and engage with enjoyable content, social media enables young people to engage with the world in a way that transcends their in-person realm, as well as fi… …
… They can also report any post by “tapping the three-dot menu ⋯ , selecting ‘Private or Non-Consensual Content’ ‘Report content under the US Take It Down Act’ and then completing the form.” “Our team reviews these reports as fast as possible and well within the Act’s 48-hour timeline,” the X Safety … …
… In January, X Safety claimed that Grok was updated to stop undressing images , but NBC News reported last month that their review found “dozens of AI-generated sexual images and videos depicting real people posted publicly on Musk’s social media app, X, over the past month.” Musk has denied that he… …
… But his family alleged that “at no point did ChatGPT encourage Sam to seek out his real-life social network—whether his parents or his close friends—either to confide in them or to ask them to be present with him while he had these experiences to ensure his safety.” OpenAI, Altman face substantial … …
… On the stand, Musk stumbled several times , perhaps weakening his case by making concessions, growing hot-tempered, backing off claims that AI risks may quickly become existential, and admitting his ignorance when it comes to AI safety at his own company, xAI. …