Where’s the sweet spot between speed and safety? On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on artificial intelligence (AI) that aims to promote innovation while managing emerging security risks. To strike this balance, the executive order sets up a voluntary framework, under which tech companies can give the US government access to frontier AI models for thirty days before the models are released to the public. This lead time is intended for officials to identify and address potential cybersecurity threats from the new technology. After digging into what’s in—and not in—the order, our experts delivered their reactions below.
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Tess deBlanc-Knowles: A promising step, but implementation headaches abound
Nitansha Bansal: A landmark shift toward caution on AI
Raul Brens Jr.: This order needs to be the beginning of a broader resilience agenda
