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US AI Safety Institute agrees pre-release model testing with OpenAI and Anthropic

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Source: NIST

The US AI Safety Institute at NIST signed memorandums of understanding with Anthropic and OpenAI on 29 August 2024. They give the institute access to major new models from each company before and after public release, for joint research on evaluating capabilities and safety risks and on ways to reduce them, with feedback to the companies coordinated with the UK AI Safety Institute. Director Elizabeth Kelly called the agreements just the start.

Why it matters

Two leading US labs agreed in writing to let a federal body examine their major new models before launch, with the UK institute involved in the feedback.

When
29 Aug 2024
ID
WTA-N-2024-0044
Who
U.S. AI Safety Institute, NIST, OpenAI, Anthropic, UK AI Safety Institute; Elizabeth Kelly

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from NIST. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

Read the original at NIST

Source copy: download the page as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

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WTA-N-2024-0044: “US AI Safety Institute agrees pre-release model testing with OpenAI and Anthropic.” wheresthe.ai, 29 Aug 2024. https://wheresthe.ai/d/us-aisi-openai-anthropic-testing-agreements-2024-08/ (source: NIST).

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