OpenAI CEO Sam Altman meets White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles this week ahead of a Friday deadline for the U.S. government to finalize a voluntary framework for evaluating advanced artificial intelligence models.

Under the proposed rules, AI developers submit frontier models to federal agencies for up to 30 days of safety and cybersecurity review before public release. OpenAI and rival Anthropic are lobbying officials to ensure the guidelines cover competing systems from companies including Meta and SpaceX, while employees at both firms circulate a petition urging the government to deliberately pace AI development.