The Trump administration has drafted an executive order that would create a voluntary framework for AI companies to share their most advanced models with federal agencies before public release.
Under the draft, companies developing frontier AI models would be expected to notify government agencies, including the Office of the National Cyber Director and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), up to 90 days before making those models publicly available. Major AI laboratories, including OpenAI and Anthropic, have already been briefed on the proposed process.
What the order actually does
The executive order is framed around cybersecurity rather than broad AI regulation. The key agencies named in the draft are the Office of the National Cyber Director, CISA, and the Office of Science and Technology Policy. Together, they would serve as the receiving end of any voluntary disclosures from AI developers.
The 90-day pre-release notification window would give federal cybersecurity teams time to evaluate potential risks before frontier models become widely accessible.
