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AI firms' White House audit pact omits auditor selection rules
Six leading AI companies—Nvidia, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta and xAI—signed a White House accord on September 29 to allow independent external auditors to review their most advanced models. The agreement does not specify who chooses the auditors, what they may examine, or whether findings will be public, and it includes no penalties for non‑compliance. Each company will select its own auditor and set the audit scope. A 2023 review of voluntary AI commitments found an average compliance score of 53%, with many scoring zero on external testing provisions. The article cites DeepMind's recent double‑blind test with Singapore's AI Safety Institute as a model for secure external evaluation.