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U.S. Administration: Voluntary AI Model Cybersecurity Testing Framework
The Trump administration is implementing a "defensive acceleration" framework requiring frontier AI developers to voluntarily provide 30-day pre-release access to new models for classified benchmarking. Managed by a multi-agency coalition including CISA, the NSA, and the Treasury, the initiative establishes an AI Cybersecurity Clearinghouse to scan for vulnerabilities and coordinate remediation. The strategy aims to mitigate AI-driven offensive cyber capabilities and harden critical infrastructure—specifically healthcare, finance, and utilities—via Binding Operational Directives (BODs) and automated, agentic defensive tooling, focusing on the critical 1.6% of exploitable vulnerabilities.