Google, Microsoft and xAI agree to provide US government with early AI model access

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May 5, 2026, 1:32 PM

• •Google, Microsoft, and xAI signed agreements to provide the federal government with early access to their AI systems.
• •The Commerce Department's CAISI will evaluate new AI models.
• •CAISI aims to assess national security implications of AI.
• •Models will be provided with potentially reduced safeguards.

Following reports of potential government oversight, Google, Microsoft, and xAI have agreed to give the federal government early access to their AI systems. The Commerce Department's CAISI will evaluate the new models for national security implications. CAISI aims to understand frontier AI through rigorous measurement science, and these collaborations will help scale public interest efforts. The deal involves providing models to CAISI with potentially reduced safeguards for probing national security-related aspects.

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