AI Matters
Why it matters
White House restores UK access to early AI models for safety testing
The Decoder White House reverses course and restores UK AI Safety Institute's access to frontier models
The White House reversed its September order and restored the UK AI Security Institute's early access to models from Anthropic, Google DeepMind, and OpenAI.
Why it matters
UK safety testers can again check new AI systems from major labs before release, which affects how well risks are caught early.
Latest brief · Oct 19, 2026