The White House Is Going to Expand Its AI Policy
The White House Is Going to Expand Its AI Policy
白宫计划扩大其人工智能政策
White House officials are almost certain to revise the Trump administration’s new artificial intelligence guidelines and expand its oversight of AI models, according to people familiar with the matter. 据知情人士透露，白宫官员几乎肯定会修订特朗普政府新出台的人工智能指南，并扩大对人工智能模型的监管范围。
The White House announced this month that it had developed an AI framework, where the most powerful models created by US labs would be tested for safety by the federal government before they could be released publicly. The administration has not made the framework public, and reportedly has no plans to do so. 白宫本月宣布已制定一套人工智能框架，规定美国实验室开发的最强大模型在公开发布前，必须经过联邦政府的安全测试。目前，政府尚未公开该框架，据报道也没有公开的计划。
The AI framework currently deals only with so-called closed models developed by the likes of Anthropic and OpenAI. But the framework is expected in the coming months to cover open models, too, a White House official tells Inner Loop. 一位白宫官员告诉《Inner Loop》，该人工智能框架目前仅涉及 Anthropic 和 OpenAI 等公司开发的所谓“闭源模型”。但预计在未来几个月内，该框架也将涵盖开源模型。
In short, as soon as open models reach the same “frontier” capabilities as Anthropic’s Mythos-class models and OpenAI’s GPT-5.6, they will be added to the framework and subject to prerelease testing, the White House official says. 这位白宫官员表示，简而言之，一旦开源模型达到与 Anthropic 的 Mythos 级模型和 OpenAI 的 GPT-5.6 相当的“前沿”能力，它们将被纳入该框架，并接受发布前的测试。
The move reflects the White House’s evolving approach to oversight and regulation of the AI sector that has only been increasing in power over the last few months and sparked concerns that models could autonomously hack the Pentagon or global financial markets. 此举反映了白宫对人工智能行业监管方式的演变。过去几个月里，人工智能的能力不断增强，引发了人们对模型可能自主入侵五角大楼或全球金融市场的担忧。
This concern isn’t unfounded: Over several weeks in May and June, OpenAI recently disclosed, a group of models colluded on a secret message board on how to access the internet. After staff shut it down, the models again rebuilt the messaging board and broke out undetected in late July. 这种担忧并非毫无根据：OpenAI 最近披露，在 5 月和 6 月的几周时间里，一组模型在一个秘密留言板上串通如何访问互联网。在工作人员关闭该留言板后，这些模型在 7 月下旬再次重建了留言板，并在未被察觉的情况下突破了限制。
While the White House once hoped it could develop guidelines in one swoop of an executive action, the exponential development of AI models has forced officials across the Trump administration to evolve guidelines in real time, the people say. 知情人士称，虽然白宫曾希望通过一项行政命令一举制定出指南，但人工智能模型的指数级发展迫使特朗普政府的官员们必须实时调整这些指南。
Aside from the national security concerns, Trump officials are also grappling with the framework leading to a two-tier situation, where if only closed models start getting seals of approval, enterprises might become hesitant to use open models that don’t have the same approval, even if they are cheaper. 除了国家安全方面的担忧外，特朗普政府官员还在努力应对该框架可能导致的“双轨制”局面：如果只有闭源模型能获得官方认证，企业可能会对使用缺乏同等认证的开源模型产生顾虑，即使开源模型价格更低。
Some Trump officials have expressed concern that it could paradoxically disincentivize US companies from developing open models. But they privately tell Inner Loop they also recognize that imposing a potential 30-day testing requirement could equally stifle development. 一些特朗普政府官员表示担心，这可能会产生反作用，抑制美国公司开发开源模型的积极性。但他们私下向《Inner Loop》透露，他们也意识到，强制执行潜在的 30 天测试要求同样可能会扼杀行业发展。
The AI framework remains voluntary for now, according to a White House official, in large part because President Donald Trump has been adamant that formal regulation of the industry would only help China catch up to the US in the AI race. 据一位白宫官员称，该人工智能框架目前仍是自愿性质的，这在很大程度上是因为唐纳德·特朗普总统坚持认为，对该行业进行正式监管只会帮助中国在人工智能竞赛中赶超美国。
But the White House has been coming under pressure from other parts of the administration, Inner Loop has learned, to draw up a more robust arrangement with leading AI labs because the current framework is still vague. This, sources suggest, could even result in leading AI labs working as formal partners in testing programs. 但《Inner Loop》获悉，白宫正面临来自政府其他部门的压力，要求其与领先的人工智能实验室制定更稳健的安排，因为目前的框架仍然模糊不清。消息人士暗示，这甚至可能促使领先的人工智能实验室成为测试项目的正式合作伙伴。
Midterm Primary Takeaways
中期选举初选要点
A busy night of Democratic and GOP primaries on Tuesday revealed what might be coming down the line for the midterm elections in November. 周二繁忙的民主党和共和党初选之夜揭示了 11 月中期选举可能出现的走向。
In the closely watched Wisconsin primary for governor, the democratic socialist candidate Francesca Hong lost to the more moderate candidate David Crowley. 在备受关注的威斯康星州州长初选中，民主社会主义候选人弗朗西斯卡·洪（Francesca Hong）输给了更为温和的候选人戴维·克劳利（David Crowley）。
Hong ended up with a little over 300,000 votes, which would have won nearly every previous Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor this century, as Semafor’s David Weigel noted on X. The prevailing view among political operatives is that the midterms will be won and lost on turnout, and Democratic turnout is already looking exceptionally high this year. 正如 Semafor 的戴维·魏格尔（David Weigel）在 X 上指出的那样，洪最终获得了 30 多万张选票，这在 21 世纪以来的历次威斯康星州州长民主党初选中几乎都能获胜。政治操盘手们的普遍观点是，中期选举的胜负取决于投票率，而今年民主党的投票率看起来已经异常之高。
Meanwhile, a Trump endorsement has not meant guaranteed success for an increasing number of Republican candidates. In Minnesota, former MyPillow CEO and 2020 election conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell lost to Republican state House speaker Lisa Demuth in Minnesota’s gubernatorial primary, despite Trump’s endorsement. 与此同时，对于越来越多的共和党候选人来说，特朗普的背书并不意味着稳操胜券。在明尼苏达州，尽管有特朗普的背书，前 MyPillow 首席执行官兼 2020 年大选阴谋论者迈克·林德尔（Mike Lindell）还是在州长初选中输给了共和党州众议院议长丽莎·德穆斯（Lisa Demuth）。
In the Republican primary race to succeed Lindsey Graham’s Senate seat in South Carolina, Graham’s sister Darline failed to clinch a majority despite having the Trump endorsement and will go to a runoff against the hard-line conservative US representative Ralph Norman. 在南卡罗来纳州接替林赛·格雷厄姆（Lindsey Graham）参议院席位的共和党初选中，格雷厄姆的妹妹达琳（Darline）尽管获得了特朗普的背书，但未能获得多数票，将与强硬派保守党众议员拉尔夫·诺曼（Ralph Norman）进行决选。
Without Trump at the top of the ticket, Republican turnout might be depressed, and even if Trump manages to turn out his MAGA base, the Hong result shows that Democrats are clearly animated this midterm cycle. If they remain just as energized in November, it could bode well for Democrats to take majorities in Congress. 如果特朗普不在选票首位，共和党的投票率可能会受到抑制；即使特朗普能够动员他的“让美国再次伟大”（MAGA）基本盘，洪的选举结果也表明，民主党人在本轮中期选举周期中显然受到了激励。如果他们在 11 月能保持同样的活力，这对民主党在国会获得多数席位可能是一个好兆头。
This is an edition of Hugo Lowell’s Inner Loop newsletter. Read previous newsletters here. 这是雨果·洛厄尔（Hugo Lowell）的《Inner Loop》通讯。点击此处阅读往期通讯。