White House Weighs AI Working Group, Model Testing, NYT Reports

May 4, 2026, 9:19 PM UTC

The Trump administration is considering an executive order to create a working group on artificial intelligence, according to the New York Times, among a series of steps to boost oversight of the emerging technology.

One proposal would include a government review process for new models, the Times reported, citing US officials and people briefed on the talks. White House officials told executives from Anthropic PBC, Alphabet Inc.’s Google and OpenAI about some of the plans under consideration during meetings last week, the newspaper said.

Any announcement would come directly from the president, according to a White House official ...

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