Federal officials will test Google and Microsoft AI models before release

The U.S. Commerce Department’s national standards agency will run tests on new artificial intelligence models from Google, Microsoft and Elon Musk’s xAI before they are released, in a step toward greater oversight of Silicon Valley by the Trump administration.

The agreement between the Commerce Department and the tech companies builds on a deal struck in 2024 by the Biden administration for prerelease testing of AI technology from start-ups OpenAI and Anthropic.

The companies have agreed to provide early access to their technology to the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Center for AI Standards and Innovation. The center will “conduct pre-deployment evaluations and targeted research to better assess frontier AI capabilities and advance the state of AI security,” it said in an announcement Tuesday.

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