We have a new standard policy for releasing frontier AI models. It is not good.

We are now, it seems, going to have the White House individually, in an opaque ad hoc manner, deciding who can access which frontier AI models when.

One hopes we will at least transition this into a predictable and formal set of procedures for determining what to do. But we spent years not laying the groundwork for doing that, and now here we are.

Essentially everyone should read the first half of this post, to understand what happened, and my speculations on what it means going forward for AI and America.

Only those who care and find it relevant to their interests should proceed to the second half, which addresses the blame game about how we got here, and claims that things would be better if people stopped speaking truth.

Table of Contents

Part 1: A Maximally Terrible Policy.
What Does This Mean For Fable?
Solve For The Equilibrium.
The Once And Future Fable.
Part 2: The Blame Game.
A Parable.
What About the Recent Executive Order?
The Problem Is [...]

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Outline:

(01:01) Part 1: A Maximally Terrible Policy

(06:46) What Does This Mean For Fable?

(07:46) Solve For The Equilibrium

(11:45) The Once And Future Fable

(12:45) Part 2: The Blame Game

(16:02) A Parable

(18:10) What About the Recent Executive Order?

(22:13) The Problem Is Real

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First published:
June 26th, 2026

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/MkwL4AcbE44yePEQx/white-house-will-ad-hoc-decide-who-can-individually-access

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