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# How did the government decide OpenAI’s frontier model was safe to release?

**Source:** Unknown  
**Published:** July 9, 2026  
**Original:** https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/09/how-did-the-government-decide-openais-frontier-model-was-safe-to-release/  

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- [Overview](#overview)

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## Overview

"Exactly what that dialog looked like between the government and Anthropic and OpenAI is unclear."

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