How did the government decide OpenAI’s frontier model was safe to release?
CSET’s Mina Narayanan shared her expert insight in an article published by TechCrunch. The article explores the lack of transparency surrounding how the U.S. government evaluates and approves the public release of advanced AI models, including OpenAI’s Sol and Anthropic’s Fable. The post How did the government decide OpenAI’s frontier model was safe to release? appeared first on Center for Security and Emerging Technology .
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Published: 9 July 2026
Source: CSET Georgetown
Category: Field notes
Topics: Transparency
Retrieved: 14 July 2026
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