Federal agencies sued amid allegations Trump admin could be using AI safety framework to hide AI manipulation and corruption

Date:
Thu, 03 Sep 2026 20:20:00 +0000

Description:
US government agencies criticized for failing to reveal very many details at all about how its tests the safety of frontier models.

FULL STORY
Four separate US federal agencies are being sued
over the Trump administration's secret framework for testing
frontier AI models before they get released.

Protect Democracy argues that "almost no details" have been shared about how the framework works, who participates in it, how companies are selected or what legal authority underpins the reviews. The nonprofit warns the secrecy
is especially significant because the government could potentially influence which AI models can be released and who can access them.

This comes after weeks of battle between Claude-maker Anthropic and
the US Government following revisions to the availability of Mythos 5 and an attempt by President Trump to blacklist the company.

Protect Democracy wants the government to disclose the framework's details, its participation terms, the identities of participants, rules governing access to frontier models and the contractual arrangements. The group also wants an injunction preventing agencies from withholding records that are not classified.

The government bodies in question include the Office of the National Cyber Director, the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and the Departments of both the Treasury and Commerce.

The White House has argued that aspects of the evaluation legitimately need
to remain a secret, and national security-related tests could contain classified information.

"Just because things are unclassified, that doesnt mean we are going to broadcast them to everyone," a White House spokesperson said.

Protecting Democracy isn't the only entity concerned about the framework. US Representative Greg Casar (D-Tx.) accused Trump of "completely failing to
keep us safe from the dangers of AI" and being "too busy cashing in to
protect our jobs or national security."

With Congress also in the dark, Protect Democracy argues the details are needed for both congressional oversight and public accountability.

The group is now seeking a court order for disclosure of the non-classified framework and related details by September 30.

Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/pro/federal-agencies-sued-amid-allegations-trump-adm in-could-be-using-ai-safety-framework-to-hide-ai-manipulation-and-corruption

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