2026-07-28 — Labs push back on the Kill Switch Act

• CNBC reports OpenAI and Google DeepMind “making their case” to Congress as lawmakers weigh the AI Kill Switch Act — the bipartisan Lieu-Moran bill (introduced 07-23) that would let DHS compel shutdown of frontier systems at >$500M-AI-revenue firms, fines to $20M/day. Direct continuation of the 07-23 entry below; full article text not yet retrieved past headline/outlet/date — flagged for a depth pass if Ben wants specifics on what each lab is arguing. (CNBC, via Google News) ⟨daily 2026-07-28⟩

2026-07-23 — CAISI’s third leadership change in a year

• CAISI Director Chris Fall resigned after just 3 months (dated 07-20, analysis landing 07-23) — NIST’s Arvind Raman is acting director; Commerce says a permanent pick is coming “in the coming weeks.” Live question for whether CAISI can run the classified frontier-threshold review due ~08-01. ⟨daily 2026-07-23⟩
• A bipartisan House “AI Kill Switch Act” + independent-audit bill was floated, prompted by openai-containment-breach’s escalation. (US News) ⟨daily 2026-07-23⟩
• Confirmed: “Gold Eagle” is the cybersecurity-vulnerability clearinghouse under EO 14409, distinct from the still-unnamed 30-day pre-release review framework due ~08-01 — don’t conflate the two. ⟨daily 2026-07-23⟩

2026-07-21 — Gating gets a schedule

• White House neared a voluntary 30-day pre-release review deal with OpenAI, Anthropic and Google — announcement expected before 08-01, Meta excluded. ⚠ roundup-sourced, corroborated directionally by Bloomberg. (BuildFastWithAI) ⟨daily 2026-07-21⟩
• Altman scheduled his Washington briefing — Speaker Johnson, Leader Jeffries, White House officials, as the framework is finalized. (Bloomberg) ⟨daily 2026-07-21⟩

2026-07-20 — The two proposals surface together

• FINRA-style industry-funded review body under discussion — shaped with Treasury Secretary Bessent and Demis Hassabis. (Claims Journal) ⟨daily 2026-07-20⟩

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2026-07-20 — SRO on Wiles’ desk; CAISI churns

• Bessent’s FINRA-style SRO proposal reached the Chief of Staff — independent AI safety regulator reporting to the SEC; public backing from Nadella, Altman, Musk after Hassabis’s watchdog call. (Claims Journal) ⟨crawl 2026-07-22⟩
• CAISI director Chris Fall resigned after ~3 months — predecessor Collin Burns was removed after 4 days over Anthropic ties; NIST’s Arvind Raman acting. The office running pre-release review is churning. (PYMNTS) ⟨crawl 2026-07-22⟩

2026-07-14→18 — Gold Eagle live; “voluntary in name”

• Gold Eagle launched 07-14 — Cairncross-briefed clearinghouse (Treasury/DHS/War + Carnegie Mellon SEI) for AI-discovered vulnerabilities; voluntary model submission under a 30-day window. (Insurance Journal) ⟨crawl 2026-07-22⟩
• Hassabis called for a US AI watchdog the same day — screening the most advanced models, coordinating industry slowdowns. (Just Security) ⟨crawl 2026-07-22⟩
• Coverage framed it as a de facto access gate — labs running their own access programs (Anthropic “Project Glasswing”, OpenAI “Daybreak”); Sacks: “This is how you lose the AI race.” (TheNextWeb) ⟨crawl 2026-07-22⟩

2026-06 — De facto gating begins

• EO 14409 signed 06-02 — the legal anchor: §3(b) voluntary 30-day pre-release access framework (Treasury/War/CISA/NIST, design due ~08-01), classified NSA-led frontier threshold, §2(d) Treasury cyber clearinghouse, §3(c) no mandatory licensing. (Federal Register) ⟨crawl 2026-07-22⟩
• Anthropic’s Claude Mythos 5 / Fable 5 blocked, then reinstated on national-security grounds after weeks of negotiation; OpenAI limited new-model distribution to “trusted partners” (the gpt-5.6 gated June); Anthropic committed 06-30 to pre-publication threat-intel sharing. (TheNextWeb) ⟨crawl 2026-07-22⟩

2025→2026-05 — Rebuilt voluntary from a revoked mandate

• EO 14179 (2025-01-23) revoked Biden’s EO 14110 whole — AISI’s DPA-backed pre-deployment regime dismantled; AISI renamed CAISI, operating on voluntary agreements. (Federal Register) ⟨crawl 2026-07-22⟩
• DeepMind, Microsoft, xAI signed CAISI pre-release testing pacts (2026-05) — the informal precursor of the framework. (PYMNTS) ⟨crawl 2026-07-22⟩
• Parallel Congress track: H.R. 9363 would give the evaluation center statutory footing (committee 29–0, 06-25). (GovTrack) ⟨crawl 2026-07-22⟩