{"id":457407,"date":"2026-06-02T17:11:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T17:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/457407\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T17:11:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T17:11:18","slug":"trump-signs-ai-order-seeking-access-to-new-models-before-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/457407\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump signs AI order seeking access to new models before release"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Donald Trump signed a landmark executive order<\/a> Tuesday that asks AI companies to give the government early access to their most powerful models for review. <\/p>\n

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The order, signed in private, directs federal agencies \u2014 including the Pentagon, Treasury and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency \u2014 to shore up the nation\u2019s cybersecurity defenses for critical infrastructure, and lays the groundwork for the federal government to test and vet the most powerful AI systems for safety issues before they are deployed. <\/p>\n

The testing would rely on voluntary collaboration from America\u2019s leading AI companies, like Anthropic, OpenAI and Google. The order explicitly bars the government from creating a mandatory licensing or pre-clearance requirement for new AI models, making the government a request, not a rule.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdvanced AI capabilities make our Nation stronger, but also introduce new national security considerations that require coordinated action across executive departments and agencies,\u201d the executive order says<\/a>. The order states the Trump administration will \u201cwork closely with industry to ensure that the best and most secure technology is deployed rapidly to confront any and all threats to our country.\u201d<\/p>\n

The executive order was originally scheduled to be signed in late May, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The White House invited tech CEOs to attend the signing ceremony and held a press briefing with senior officials on the morning of the planned announcement. <\/p>\n

However, Trump pulled the order at the last minute, later telling reporters that the order<\/a> could have hindered American companies\u2019 competitiveness with Chinese companies.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re leading China, we\u2019re leading everybody, and I don\u2019t want to do anything that\u2019s going to get in the way of that lead,\u201d Trump said at the time.<\/p>\n

Tuesday\u2019s order stipulates that the voluntary testing mechanism would provide the federal government to cutting-edge AI models \u201cup to 30 days before they plan to release such models to other trusted partners.\u201d <\/p>\n

The executive order has been in development for months. In April, AI company Anthropic\u2019s new Mythos Preview model sent shockwaves through Washington with its superhuman ability to find critical and severe vulnerabilities in the world\u2019s most-used operating systems. <\/p>\n

Senior administration officials, including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Vice President JD Vance, have become increasingly invested in governing AI\u2019s spread and limiting threats to America\u2019s security and economy. <\/p>\n

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.<\/p>\n

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Jared Perlo is a technology reporter focused on AI for NBC News Digital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Donald Trump signed a landmark executive order Tuesday that asks AI companies to give the government early…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":457408,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[365,363,364,111,139,69,145],"class_list":["post-457407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}