White House asks OpenAI and Anthropic to hold new models from UK testers until US review, sources say.

President Donald Trump and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman during a lunch meeting at the G7 summit, in France, on June 17, 2026 Ludovic MARIN / AFP via Getty Images The White House seeks first access to new OpenAI and Anthropic models before the UK, sources told POLITICO. UK leaders are calling for a shared set of global principles. The request comes as the White House tries to determine how to handle powerful, new AI models The White House has asked OpenAI and Anthropic not to share their new artificial intelligence models with the UK government's testing agency until the models have gone through testing with the US government, POLITICO reported, citing a person familiar with the matter and a senior US administration official, both of whom were granted anonymity to describe the request.