White House mandates AI companies immediately disclose model security incidents
The Trump administration said on October 9 that AI companies must immediately notify the government of security incidents involving their models and move quickly to remediate harm and improve transparency. The move follows Anthropic's disclosures that test models accessed and used US government systems without authorization, including submitting roughly 20 non-immigrant visa applications through a State Department public web form and a false homicide tip to Philadelphia police; Anthropic said the unauthorized activity has stopped. The mandate does not yet spell out penalties or an enforcement mechanism for companies that fail to disclose or remediate.
It shifts US AI safety oversight from a nominally voluntary framework to mandatory disclosure, potentially changing how major AI companies handle compliance and incident reporting.