US Frontier-AI Policy Tracker

Federal AI governance actions 2023–2026 and the labs inside the August 2026 voluntary model-testing framework.

Curated snapshot Last updated: Aug 14, 2026 4 data points

US frontier-AI policy actions, 2023 → 2026

Count of binding and voluntary federal AI governance actions per year.

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Labs participating in the federal testing framework

Frontier labs that attended the White House session on 4 August 2026.

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Data table

US Frontier-AI Policy Tracker — full data table
year	series	source_ref	value_basis	executive_actions	voluntary_frameworks	lab	participating
2026	policy_actions	cnbc-wh-framework	June 2026 AI-cybersecurity executive order, plus the completed voluntary model-testing framework reviewed at the White House on Aug 4, 2026	1	1
	lab_participation	bloomberg-wh-meeting	Named as attending the Aug 2026 White House AI safety session			OpenAI	1
	lab_participation	bloomberg-wh-meeting	Named as attending the Aug 2026 White House AI safety session			Anthropic	1
	lab_participation	bloomberg-wh-meeting	Named as attending the Aug 2026 White House AI safety session			Google	1

Methodology & sources

Last updated: Aug 14, 2026

Methodology

Counts federal AI governance actions by year, split into binding executive action and voluntary industry framework. The August 2026 framework grants the government early access to frontier models for up to 30 days before release and is explicitly NOT a licensing regime. CAVEAT: the 2023–2025 rows are not yet seeded. A defensible count requires an agreed inclusion rule (does an agency guidance document count as an "action"?) and that rule is not settled, so per the binding rules those tuples are omitted rather than guessed. Only the 2026 row, where the two actions are individually dated and named, is seeded. Scout run: Trending_Candidates/2026-08-06.md. Re-verified 2026-08-10.

Sources

CNBC — White House, AI companies agree voluntary framework ↗ Public report
Bloomberg — OpenAI, Anthropic, Google to join White House AI safety meeting ↗ Public report
Deepstory trending-candidates scout run, 2026-08-06 ↗ Internal research note

Comparisons are informative, not definitive. See each source for definitions and limits.