NIST's announcement dated 29 August 2024 says: "Each company’s Memorandum of Understanding establishes the framework for the U.S. AI Safety Institute to receive access to major new models from each company prior to and following their public release." The companies are Anthropic and OpenAI.

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Each company’s Memorandum of Understanding establishes the framework for the U.S. AI Safety Institute to receive access to major new models from each company prior to and following their public release.

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U.S. AI Safety Institute Signs Agreements Regarding AI Safety Research, Testing and Evaluation With Anthropic and OpenAI
NIST · 2024-08-29

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How NIST describes voluntary US government access to AI models before release 29 Oct 2026