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Trump Signs Executive Order Requiring AI Testing Prior to Frontier Model Releases
Zvi Mowshowitz analyzes a new Executive Order signed by President Trump that mandates AI testing prior to frontier model releases. The commentary covers the policy's scope, implications for major AI labs, and how it fits into the broader regulatory landscape for frontier AI development. This represents a significant federal policy action directly affecting the deployment pipeline for advanced AI systems.
Most States Are Regulating AI Despite President Trump's Opposition to State-Level Laws
Over 40 U.S. states are actively pursuing AI legislation in 2025-2026, with more than 1,500 bills under consideration and over 100 laws already enacted across 40 states, covering areas from deepfakes and algorithmic discrimination to safety testing and watermarking. Key states include California (comprehensive AI safety and watermarking mandates), Colorado (high-risk AI system requirements), New York (strict protocols for large model makers), and Utah (refined AI policy acts). This proliferation of state-level regulation continues despite the Trump Administration's executive order discouraging state laws and threatening to withhold federal funds from states with 'onerous' AI regulations. The resulting patchwork creates significant compliance complexity for AI developers operating across multiple jurisdictions.
U.S. Department of War bans Anthropic, contracts OpenAI for classified AI systems after standoff over safety restrictions
The U.S. Department of War designated Anthropic a supply-chain risk to national security after the company refused to remove restrictions on Claude's use for domestic surveillance and autonomous weapons, effectively banning it from military and contractor use. OpenAI signed a contract allowing use of its models 'for all lawful purposes' with ambiguous carve-outs for surveillance and autonomous weapons, which Altman later called rushed and renegotiated. The standoff culminated in a Trump Truth Social post threatening civil and criminal consequences against Anthropic, followed by Hegseth's formal designation. The episode marks a significant precedent: the supply-chain risk designation, previously applied only to foreign companies, was used against a U.S. AI lab over its own usage policies.
Data Points: Qwen3.7-Max, OpenAI Math Proof, Gated DeltaNet-2, Trump AI Order, Microsoft Fara1.5
This edition of The Batch covers five significant AI developments: Alibaba's Qwen3.7-Max reasoning model with 1M token context and agentic capabilities ranking fifth on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index; an OpenAI reasoning model resolving the 80-year-old Erdős planar unit distance problem; Nvidia's Gated DeltaNet-2 outperforming Mamba-3 and other linear attention architectures; Trump pulling back a proposed AI regulation executive order; and Microsoft Research's Fara1.5 computer-use agent family beating OpenAI Operator and Google Gemini on the Online-Mind2Web benchmark.
Dario Amodei Statement on Anthropic's Commitment to American AI Leadership and Policy Alignment
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published a public statement clarifying the company's policy positions and government relationships amid what he describes as inaccurate claims about Anthropic's stances. The statement highlights Anthropic's federal contracts (including a $200M DoD agreement), support for the Trump administration's AI Action Plan, opposition to a 10-year moratorium on state AI laws, and support for California's SB 53 requiring large AI developers to publish safety protocols. Amodei also addresses claims of model political bias, citing a Manhattan Institute study, and reiterates Anthropic's unique policy of restricting AI service sales to PRC-controlled companies.