President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order seeking to address cybersecurity threats posed by artificial intelligence.
Politico detailed that government scrutiny will be less advanced than what the order that was set to be enacted last month claimed.
The order was signed privately. It asks some AI companies to submit their new models to a voluntary government review 30 days before releasing them to the public. It also asks companies to "collaborate with the Federal Government to select trusted partners that will have early access to covered frontier models to promote secure innovation and strengthen the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure."
"Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the creation of a mandatory governmental licensing, preclearance, or permitting requirement for the development, publication, release, or distribution of new AI models, including frontier models," the order adds.
The previous draft called for a review as much as 90 days in advance. Officials had sought to reduce it to 14 days.
The order was set to be signed last month but was abruptly cancelled, with President Donald Trump saying he "didn't like certain aspects" of the measure and feared it could slow the United States in its race against China.
"I think it gets in the way of, you know, 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," Trump said back then.
Vice President JD Vance noted that the administration wanted to balance safety with innovation. "The president wants us to be pro-innovation. He wants us to win the AI race against all other countries in the world," Vance said, according to AP. "We also want to make sure that we're protecting people."
Cybersecurity concerns have intensified as newer AI models show greater ability to identify software vulnerabilities. AP reported that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and outgoing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell convened Wall Street CEOs in April to discuss risks linked to Anthropic's Claude Mythos model.
