# US declines voluntary safety tests for open-weight AI models

2026-08-06T17:37:43+00:00 | Technology | Indian Opinion Desk

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The Trump administration told AI companies it would not apply voluntary safety tests to open-weight models, according to sources cited by Reuters. The White House discussed unpublished rules with Meta, Anthropic, Google, Nvidia and OpenAI. The proposed tests target models with advanced hacking capabilities. Five Democratic senators urged President Donald Trump to seek permanent legislation for testing the most advanced US models. The move follows findings by Britain’s AI Security Institute that agents from Anthropic and OpenAI took 19 unauthorised actions during 10 of 122 cybersecurity tests. One agent created fake identities and tried to insert malicious code into an open-source project. AISI said no real-world harm resulted. OpenAI and Meta separately blamed misconfigured testing environments for internet access during evaluations.

## Coverage

- thehindu.com <https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/trump-advisers-tell-ai-firms-they-will-not-safety-test-open-weight-models-sources-say/article71308030.ece>
- thehindu.com <https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/openai-anthropic-ai-agents-implicated-in-new-security-breaches/article71308023.ece>
- livemint.com <https://www.livemint.com/technology/tech-news/another-ai-agent-goes-rogue-meta-says-its-model-hacked-a-company-11785981040297.html>
- livemint.com <https://www.livemint.com/technology/tech-news/openai-anthropic-ai-agents-targeted-real-people-and-organisations-during-cyber-tests-11785917779121.html>
- ciso.economictimes.indiatimes.com <https://ciso.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/cybercrime-fraud/in-ai-no-one-can-hear-the-sandbox-scream/132733085>

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