Scale AI announced it had joined the U.S. Department of Energy's Genesis Mission Consortium, following the Memorandum of Understanding it signed with the DOE on 1 May 2026. Scale describes the Genesis Mission as "a national initiative aimed at accelerating scientific discovery through advanced AI and computing." Consortium membership; no contract value disclosed.
Scale AI disclosed a collaboration framework with Singapore's Infocomm Media Development Authority on AI evaluation research. Scale's post states the collaboration was formalised "in April of this year" and frames it around national-context testing: "the ability to test, evaluate, and verify [AI systems] within national contexts has become foundational." DATING NOTE: the underlying agreement dates to April 2026 per Scale's own wording; this record is dated to the 7 July public disclosure because no precise April announcement date could be sourced.
Following the June 30 lifting of US export controls, Anthropic restored global access to Claude Fable 5 on July 1 with an upgraded safety classifier, and re-enabled Mythos 5 for approved US organizations. Anthropic also announced a shared industry jailbreak-severity framework with Amazon, Microsoft and Google and deeper US government pre-release testing collaboration.
On June 12, 2026, Anthropic disabled access to its most advanced models (Fable 5, Mythos 5) for all foreign nationals worldwide after a US Commerce Department directive declared them national-security risks under export controls. The unprecedented order lands weeks ahead of Anthropic's planned IPO and signals Washington increasingly treats frontier models as controlled technology.
Scale AI announced it had partnered with Carahsoft Technology to make its offerings available on the GSA Schedule. Scale framed the move against US government acquisition hurdles, saying paths for the government to adopt frontier technologies "are slowed by both longstanding acquisition hurdles and the challenge of ensuring model reliability." GSA Schedule availability is a procurement-access mechanism rather than a contract award; no value was disclosed.
OpenAI announced a partnership with Malta to bring ChatGPT Plus to all of the country's citizens. Published under OpenAI's Global Affairs channel. It sits in a cluster of sovereign-scale deals in the window: 'Introducing OpenAI for Singapore' (19 May) and 'The next phase of OpenAI's Education for Countries' (20 May).
The U.S. Department of War's Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office expanded its enterprise agreement with Scale AI, increasing the total potential value from $100 million to $500 million. Scale states the five-fold ceiling increase follows rapid uptake of its Production Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreement, and gives any DoW component streamlined access to Scale platforms. IMPORTANT PRECISION: this is a contract CEILING increase, not an award of $500m in committed spend - Scale's own wording is "total potential value." Several outlets, including Bloomberg, characterised it as a $500m contract award.
Scale AI announced it had formalised a partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy through a Memorandum of Understanding in support of the Genesis Mission, which Scale describes as "a national effort to unlock scientific discovery through advanced AI and computing." An MOU is a non-binding framework; no contract value or committed scope was disclosed.
TRUST & SAFETY POLICY UPDATE - arguably Government & Policy but it is an internal policy update rather than a government interaction; dropped as borderline-minor rather than forced into a flag.
Anthropic signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Australian government to cooperate on AI safety research and support the goals of Australia's National AI Plan, with CEO Dario Amodei formalising the agreement with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Canberra. Central to the MOU is a commitment to work with Australia's AI Safety Institute: sharing findings on emerging model capabilities and risks, participating in joint safety and security evaluations, and collaborating with Australian academic institutions. Anthropic also announced AUD$3 million in partnerships with Australian research institutions covering disease diagnosis and treatment and computer science education, and agreed to share Anthropic Economic Index data with the government. The arrangement mirrors Anthropic's existing agreements with safety institutes in the US, UK and Japan.