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U.S. Expands AI systems Oversight Through New Industry Agreements

The National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST, houses CAISI, the federal body now leading pre-deployment testing of frontier AI models from Google DeepMind, Microsoft and xAI.

The Center for AI Standards and Innovation has signed agreements with Google DeepMind, Microsoft and xAI for pre-deployment access to frontier AI models — in some cases with safety guardrails removed. The deals mark a shift toward embedding federal researchers inside the development cycle of commercial AI, rather than relying on regulation alone.