# US Frontier-Model Rules Split the Labs as August 1 Definition Deadline Nears

OpenAI and Anthropic support submitting covered models to the government before release, while Meta and xAI resist, ahead of a threshold set by a classified National Security Agency benchmark.

- Published: 2026-07-30T05:37:30.825Z
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- Sources: [Polylog editors](https://polylog.news), [Latham & Watkins](https://www.lw.com/en/insights/president-trump-signs-executive-order-establishing-ai-cybersecurity-and-frontier-model-framework), [WilmerHale](https://www.wilmerhale.com/en/insights/client-alerts/20260602-new-executive-order-addressing-early-government-access-to-frontier-ai-models)

Under President Trump's June 2 executive order, Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security, federal agencies including the Treasury, the National Security Agency (NSA), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security A…

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