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Center for AI Standards and Innovation
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GPT-5.6 wider API release imminent after government delay; roundup covers Microsoft MAI shift, Claude Cowork mobile, Nvidia Audex, OpenAI mini voice
OpenAI's GPT-5.6 models are set for broader API release following a Department of Commerce-approved safety review that delayed launch for weeks; GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra scores 91.9% on TerminalBench 2.1 versus Claude Mythos 5 at 88%, with pricing roughly half of Anthropic's comparable tier. Microsoft is actively replacing OpenAI and Anthropic models in Excel, Outlook, and Teams with its internally built MAI models to reduce third-party dependency as its OpenAI discount partnership nears expiration. Anthropic expanded Claude Cowork to web and mobile for Max plan subscribers, with usage data from 1.2 million sessions showing over 90% of use is non-developer work. Nvidia released Audex, a 30B MoE audio-text model that avoids the typical 'text tax' of multimodal models, shipping under a noncommercial license.
Anthropic Details Collaboration with US CAISI and UK AISI on Constitutional Classifier Red-Teaming
Anthropic has published an account of its ongoing voluntary partnership with the US Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) and UK AI Security Institute (AISI), in which government red-teamers were given deep access to pre-deployment versions of Constitutional Classifiers used on Claude Opus 4 and 4.1. The collaboration uncovered multiple vulnerability classes including prompt injection bypasses, cipher-based obfuscation attacks, universal jailbreaks via automated attack refinement, and input/output fragmentation exploits, each of which drove architectural improvements to Anthropic's safeguard systems. Key lessons shared include the value of providing unprotected model variants, real-time classifier score access, and detailed internal documentation to enable targeted red-teaming. The announcement frames government partnership as a core component of Anthropic's Safeguards approach rather than a one-off audit.
Anthropic Opens Tokyo Office, Signs AI Safety MoC with Japan AI Safety Institute
Anthropic has officially opened its first Asia-Pacific office in Tokyo, with CEO Dario Amodei meeting Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi and signing a Memorandum of Cooperation with the Japan AI Safety Institute to collaborate on AI evaluation methodologies. The company also joined the Hiroshima AI Process Friends Group and hosted a Builder Summit for 150+ startups. Japanese enterprise deployments of Claude are highlighted across Rakuten, Nomura Research Institute, Panasonic, and Classmethod, with Anthropic reporting 10x run-rate revenue growth in Asia-Pacific over the past year. Expansion to Seoul and Bengaluru is planned for coming months.
Anthropic Responds to White House AI Action Plan, Calls for Transparency Standards and Export Controls
Anthropic published a policy response to the White House's 'Winning the Race: America's AI Action Plan,' endorsing its focus on AI infrastructure, federal adoption, and safety research while urging additional steps on export controls and mandatory AI development transparency standards. The company highlighted alignment between the plan and its prior OSTP submissions, and noted its proactive activation of ASL-3 protections with Claude Opus 4 as evidence that safety and innovation are compatible. Anthropic called for a single national standard for frontier model transparency rather than a state-by-state patchwork, and encouraged continued investment in NIST's CAISI for evaluating frontier models on national security risks including CBRN capabilities.
U.S. Government to Pre-Release Test AI Models for National Security Risks via NIST TRAINS Task Force
NIST announced a new multi-agency task force called TRAINS (Testing Risks of AI for National Security), overseen by its Center for AI Standards and Innovation, to evaluate frontier AI models for cybersecurity, biosecurity, and chemical weapons risks before public deployment. Google, Microsoft, xAI, Anthropic, and OpenAI have voluntarily agreed to submit models with limited guardrails for evaluation. The policy shift follows Anthropic's announcement that Claude Mythos Preview can autonomously exploit software vulnerabilities, and marks a sharp reversal from the Trump Administration's earlier deregulatory stance. The White House is also considering an executive order that would make pre-release government testing mandatory.