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title: "US Restores UK Access to Unreleased AI Models for Safety Testing"
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published_at: "2026-10-11T20:54:24.000Z"
category: "Regulation"
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source_urls: ["https://x.com/Tony_Diver/status/2109356773123514712","https://x.com/PolitlcsUK/status/2109361130800062595","https://x.com/SebJohnsonUK/status/2109380758033125528","https://www.techmeme.com/261012/p4"]
summary: "The White House lifted a ban on the UK's AI Safety Institute reviewing frontier models from Google, OpenAI and Anthropic, permitting pre-release safety tests on the software before it is made available to the public. The change follows lobbying efforts by AI Minister Kanishka Narayan and other British officials who argued that the restriction threatened the UK's efforts to become a global leader in AI regulation."
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# US Restores UK Access to Unreleased AI Models for Safety Testing

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**Published:** 2026-10-11T20:54:24.000Z
**Category:** Regulation
**Topics:** regulation

## Summary

The White House lifted a ban on the UK's AI Safety Institute reviewing frontier models from Google, OpenAI and Anthropic, permitting pre\-release safety tests on the software before it is made available to the public\. The change follows lobbying efforts by AI Minister Kanishka Narayan and other British officials who argued that the restriction threatened the UK's efforts to become a global leader in AI regulation\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://x.com/Tony_Diver/status/2109356773123514712>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/PolitlcsUK/status/2109361130800062595>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/SebJohnsonUK/status/2109380758033125528>)
- [Story source](<https://www.techmeme.com/261012/p4>)