President Donald Trump signed a new executive order on Tuesday, just under two weeks after postponing a White House ceremony that could have signaled a stronger stance on AI policy. The order introduces a framework for the federal government to vet the national security risks of the most advanced artificial intelligence systems up to a month before they are released to the public.
The directive allows the government to work with trusted partners—companies that will receive early access to covered frontier models—to help promote secure innovation and strengthen the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure. The exact differences between this order and the one Trump originally declined to sign on May 21 are not yet clear to us.
Last month Trump canceled an Oval Office event with technology executives because he was uneasy about certain language in the earlier draft. In a statement at the time, he said, “We’re leading China, we’re leading everybody, and I don’t want to do anything that’s going to get in the way of that lead.” The new directive is described as a voluntary collaboration with participating U.S.-based tech companies including Anthropic, OpenAI and Google.
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