Trump administration presses Meta to submit AI models for government safety review as the lone major holdout after ordering Anthropic to pull a model

by | Jun 24, 2026 | Latest E-commerce News & Updates

The Trump administration is pressing Meta to voluntarily submit its AI models for government safety review, making it the only major US developer that hasn’t agreed to share its models with the Center for AI Standards and Innovation, according to The New York Times. OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI, and Microsoft have all signed on, and the push follows a June 2 executive order giving the government responsibility for AI reviews and asking companies for up to 30 days to evaluate models before release. Meta said it shares the administration’s goals and hopes to sign soon, while its policy team negotiates terms with the Commerce Department. The pressure lands less than two weeks after the administration gave Anthropic under 90 minutes to cut access to its newest model over a cyberattack vulnerability flagged in an Amazon paper, though Trump has since said he no longer views Anthropic as a security concern.

Paul Drecksler is the founder and editor of Shopifreaks, covering the most important stories in e-commerce.

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