Trump delays AI security executive order, saying language ‘could have been a blocker’

President Donald Trump has delayed signing an govt order that might enable the federal government to judge AI fashions earlier than they’re launched. 

Trump claimed he’s not pleased with the language of the order: “I didn’t like sure elements of it,” he advised the White Home press pool. “We’re main China, we’re main everyone, and I don’t wish to do something that’s going to get in the way in which of that main.”

The unofficial purpose: Not sufficient tech CEOs may make it to Washington, D.C. on brief discover, in line with a number of studies. And what’s an govt order signing with no picture op?

The anticipated govt order would have tasked the Workplace of the Nationwide Cyber Director and different companies with creating a course of to judge AI fashions for safety earlier than their launch. That is partly in response to issues from the discharge of Anthropic’s Mythos and OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 Cyber — each of which may rapidly discover and exploit safety vulnerabilities.

One of many key sticking factors within the EO’s language, per CNN, is a proposed requirement for AI corporations to share superior fashions with the federal government between 14 and 90 days forward of launch. 

Trump mentioned he was involved that the EO’s language right now “may have been a blocker.”