Google, Microsoft and xAI Agree to Share Early AI Models with U.S.

Well, I guess people who wanted more oversight and regulation on models will be happy.

(OpenAI and Anthropic reached a similar agreement with the US in 2024, per the article)

Color me unsurprised.

Anthropic ran a weeks-long roadshow on how powerful Mythos is. They pointed to the danger, their controls, the capabilities, and practically begged the world to be scared of it.

Simultaneously, the current US regime realized there was a way to demand fealty from the AI labs. If they're so dangerous, don't we need to see them first? That will cost you, obviously. Standard extortion from the government, at this moment in time.

The labs get their marketing; the white house gets its pseudo-bribe. I hope nobody involved is confused about how we ended up here.

> Commerce Department will evaluate the programs to test their capabilities and security

With what competent staff?

Routine corporatism and fascism is shameless to the point of being ho-hum these days. When the president has his own cryptocurrency and the federal government buys stock in this and that company for "strategic reasons", you're looking at a dystopia.