Trump’s AI testing plan is limited and vague

<figure> <img alt="A digital brain on a leash." data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: Cath Virginia / &lt;em&gt;The Verge&lt;/em&gt;" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/08/STK485_STK414_AI_SAFETY_C.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Trump administration's framework for assessing potential cybersecurity risks posed by advanced AI reportedly has no interest in testing open models. <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/08/04/trump-ai-framework-open-models"><em>Axios</em></a> reports that not only do the voluntary guidelines outright exclude open models - meaning anyone can download them and inspect their core components - but the framework explicitly says it can't be used to restrict open models after they've been released.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The AI testing framework was created after President Trump signed <a href="https://www.theverge.com/policy/941775/trump-ai-executive-order">an executive order in June</a>, requesting that AI companies share their frontier models with the federal government prior to release to address cybersecurity concerns. AI c …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/975509/white-house-ai-framework-open-models-excluded">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>