White House restores UK AI Safety Institute's model access
What happened
On 12 October 2026, The Decoder reported that the White House reversed its earlier decision blocking the UK AI Safety Institute (AISI) from accessing new AI models. The body will regain early access to models from Anthropic, Google DeepMind and OpenAI. The report did not state when or why access was previously blocked, nor give other details of the reversal.
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- The DecoderWhite House reverses course and restores UK AI Safety Institute's access to frontier models
The White House has reversed course and restored the UK's AI Security Institute's early access to AI models from Anthropic, Google DeepMind, and OpenAI. In September, the Trump administration had told the companies to stop sharing their models with the British agency. Diplomatic pressure from AI Minister Kanishka Narayan led to the reversal.
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