AI Models & Launches — May 9, 2026

This Saturday morning, May 9th, the White House is eyeing mandatory government vetting for advanced AI models before public release, a move confirmed by both Let's Data Science and AOL.com. This comes as the Commerce Department expands its safety testing to include new AI models from Google, Microsoft, and xAI, with these companies voluntarily submitting their models like Google's Gemini, Microsoft's CoPilot, and xAI's Grok for evaluation by the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI). CA