Ep. 49
04:34
US Commerce Department to Test Frontier AI Models
About This Episode
The US Commerce Department has announced that it will conduct pre-deployment testing of AI models from Google, Microsoft, and xAI, marking a significant pivot from the Trump White House's earlier hands-off approach to AI policy. This development sets a new regulatory precedent for the clearance of powerful AI systems for public release.
Our Take
A deregulation president quietly building the first federal AI safety gate — the Commerce Department's surprise pivot forces the question the book has been asking all along: who gets to decide when a frontier AI model is safe enough to release, and what happens when the answer is 'the government'?