
How Did Diplomatic Pressure Restore UK AI Safety Institute Access to US Models?
The White House lifted a ban that blocked the UK agency from testing new AI systems from major US developers, following diplomatic pressure.
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The White House lifted a ban that blocked the UK agency from testing new AI systems from major US developers, following diplomatic pressure.

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Nace AI has open-sourced Drex 1.5, a nine-billion-parameter model designed to score decision options with a single forward pass, according to MarkTechPost.

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