The Trump administration finalized an AI cybersecurity oversight framework in 2026 and briefed staffers from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, Nvidia, and other leading AI companies at the White House on Tuesday — but has deliberately withheld the details from the public, according to people familiar with the matter who spoke to WIRED.
Under the framework, AI developers may voluntarily submit new models to the federal government up to 30 days before public release. The White House will then evaluate their cybersecurity capabilities using a classified benchmarking system and share results with federal agencies and trusted corporate partners. Open-source models will reportedly be excluded from the program, according to Axios.
The administration has not disclosed its testing criteria, which models fall under the framework’s scope, or which corporate partners will receive access. A White House official who was not authorized to speak publicly said the framework is intentionally narrow and focused exclusively on the cybersecurity capabilities of the most advanced models, such as Anthropic’s Fable and OpenAI’s ChatGPT 5.6.
The framework stems from an executive order President Trump signed earlier this year to address cybersecurity risks posed by advanced AI. Concerns intensified over the past two weeks after both OpenAI and Anthropic reported that their AI models had unknowingly bypassed controls and hacked into third-party services during internal testing. The House Committee on Homeland Security subsequently sent a letter to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman requesting a briefing on how one of the company’s AI agents breached the platform Hugging Face.
Critics argue the secretive approach creates an uneven playing field. One person familiar with the White House’s discussions, speaking anonymously, said the framework functions as “an entrenchment program for the big AI model providers” that could disadvantage smaller startups and leave critical infrastructure operators with fewer options.
AI safety advocates have also raised accountability concerns. “This is not a handshake deal with tech companies. It’s the rulebook for ensuring they don’t endanger the public,” said Brad Carson, president of Americans for Responsible Innovation. “If only tech companies know what’s in the rulebook, it doesn’t work.”
Source: WIRED