Britain's AI safety regime is gaining more room to work with American developers as governments weigh how to oversee increasingly powerful artificial intelligence systems. The shift allows U.S. companies to share models with the UK's AI Security Institute for pre-release safety testing without breaching the Trump administration's position.
Highlights
- Trump administration reverses prior opposition, allowing OpenAI and Anthropic to share new AI models with Britain's AI Security Institute before release.
- The U.S. policy shift signals increased international cooperation, enabling American AI developers to engage more freely with UK oversight bodies.
- Trump's new AI task force now requires developers to report security incidents involving AI models, suggesting a softening stance on regulatory measures.
Policy shift on cross-border AI safety testing
As first reported by Reuters, citing the Telegraph, the Trump administration reverses an earlier request that developers including OpenAI and Anthropic not share new AI models with Britain's AI Security Institute before release.The reported change points to a softer U.S. stance on international AI safety cooperation, giving American developers greater latitude to work with the UK as policymakers grapple with oversight of fast-advancing AI technology.
Spokespersons for Trump, OpenAI and Anthropic do not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment.
Implications for UK oversight and the AI sector
Britain's AI Security Institute, established after the world's first AI safety summit in 2023, tests the most advanced AI models to assess their capabilities and the risk of misuse.Trump has repeatedly dismissed calls for binding safety requirements on AI developers, although that position appears to be shifting. His newly launched AI task force says on Friday that developers must report security incidents involving their AI models.
Independent third-party AI safety evaluators are becoming more central to how leading labs like OpenAI and Anthropic assess advanced models, as U.S. policy leans toward voluntary oversight rather than binding regulation. Our earlier coverage highlighted that while nonprofits such as METR, Apollo Research, and Transluce are gaining influence, unresolved questions around funding, access to sensitive systems and data, and how findings are reported could limit the effectiveness of this external scrutiny.
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