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Commerce Department Removes Online Details of Microsoft, Google, xAI AI Safety Deal

Commerce Department Removes Online Details of Microsoft, Google, xAI AI Safety Deal The Next Web
The U.S. Commerce Department deleted a web page that described an agreement in which Microsoft, Google and Elon Musk's xAI would submit their most advanced AI models to government scientists for security testing before public release. The page, first posted on May 5, vanished Monday afternoon and now redirects to the Center for AI Standards and Innovation, the agency that runs the tests. Neither the department nor the Trump White House offered an explanation, and the three companies have not commented. The removal comes amid shifting federal AI policy and ongoing debate over giving the government pre‑release access to frontier AI systems. Read more