Trump signs scaled-back version of AI executive order
President Donald Trump today signed an executive order designed to broaden the use of artificial intelligence in federal cybersecurity initiatives.
Trump reportedly planned to hold the signing ceremony last month, but called off the event at the last minute. The decision reportedly came after several prominent tech executives pushed back against the order. Trump told reporters the day the signing ceremony was set to take place that “I didn’t like certain aspects of it. I postponed it.”
The directive is narrower in scope than the version that was set to be signed last month. According to Politico, the original draft called on AI developers to make “covered frontier models” available to the federal government up to 90 days before their release. The order signed today significantly shortens that time frame.
A covered frontier model is an AI system with particularly advanced cybersecurity capabilities. In April, Anthropic PBC previewed a large language model called Claude Mythos Preview that can detect highly complicated software vulnerabilities. It can also develop exploitation workflows, which significantly reduces the amount of time hackers need to launch cyberattacks. Anthropic says that the model has found thousands of vulnerabilities to date.
