Trump signs narrower executive order on AI oversight after industry objections
Key takeaways
- President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday designed to give the government a chance to review powerful AI models before they are released.
- The order asks certain AI companies to voluntarily submit their new models to the government for testing or evaluation 30 days before releasing the products to the public.
- Trump had been slated to sign the more demanding version of the order in late May, but delayed after industry pushback, including from venture capitalist and former White House AI czar David Sacks.
Why this matters: a development in AI with implications for how people work, create, and decide.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday designed to give the government a chance to review powerful AI models before they are released.
The order asks certain AI companies to voluntarily submit their new models to the government for testing or evaluation 30 days before releasing the products to the public. A previous draft of the order had called for a voluntary review up to 90 days in advance, though AI industry insiders had pushed for something closer to a two-week window.
Trump had been slated to sign the more demanding version of the order in late May, but delayed after industry pushback, including from venture capitalist and former White House AI czar David Sacks. The president said at the time that he didn’t want to do anything to get in AI firms’ way of leading against China.