signed an executive order on artificial intelligence Tuesday, less than two weeks after a White House ceremony over his concerns that a similar policy could dull America鈥檚 edge on AI technology.
The order establishes a framework for the federal government to vet the national security risks of the most advanced for up to a month before their public release. The government will be able to work with trusted partners 鈥渢hat will have early access to covered frontier models to promote secure innovation and strengthen the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure,鈥� the order says.
It was not immediately clear to what extent the order differed from the one he declined to sign on May 21.
Trump canceled an Oval Office event with tech industry executives last month because he did not like what he saw in the earlier version of the order’s text. 鈥淲e鈥檙e leading China, we鈥檙e leading everybody, and I don鈥檛 want to do anything that鈥檚 going to get in the way of that lead,鈥� Trump told reporters at the time.
That directive was characterized as a voluntary collaboration with participating U.S.-based tech companies, including Anthropic, OpenAI and Google.
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