Altman Lobbies in DC on AI Safety, Open-Weight Restrictions
RebeccaBellan · x · 2026-07-30
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently visited Washington, meeting with the Treasury Secretary, Commerce Secretary, and key lawmakers. The agenda included previewing OpenAI's newest models, discussing restrictions on open-weight models, and addressing the recent Hugging Face security breach.
The timing is notable as the administration finalizes a voluntary frontier AI review framework, while AI security concerns are amplified by the HF breach and internal OpenAI employees calling for government intervention to slow down AI development.
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