Government AI‑vetting announcement page is missing from website

Gizmodo reports that an announcement dated May 5, 2026 from the Department of Commerce's Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI), which described new agreements with Google DeepMind, Microsoft, and xAI, is no longer available at the original URL on CAISI's site. Per Gizmodo, the archived text said CAISI would "conduct pre-deployment evaluations and targeted research" and that "These agreements support information-sharing." Gizmodo wrote that the original link first returned an error page and later redirected to the CAISI main page; the redirect remained in place at the time of Gizmodo's update. Gizmodo also reports it requested comment from the White House and Commerce Department and did not immediately receive a reply.

Industry observers often treat agency announcements about pre-release model evaluations as important for transparency around capability assessment and safety testing. Public access to the underlying announcement text matters for researchers verifying stated scopes and partner lists, and for journalists tracking timelines and stated processes.

Reporting by Gizmodo frames the missing page as a transparency gap between a public announcement and the public record. For practitioners, the absence of a stable announcement URL reduces the ability to cite specific language about evaluation scope, participating companies, and stated objectives when assessing governance practices.

Look for a restored CAISI posting or an official clarification from the Department of Commerce or the White House; archived captures (for example, the Internet Archive) and agency press channels may preserve the original announcement text for independent review.