Trump signs an executive order to vet top AI models for national security risks
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- Trump signed an executive order on AI oversight that creates a voluntary 30‑day national‑security review for advanced models before they go public.
- White House said the process is optional for U.S. frontier labs like Anthropic, OpenAI and Google, and does not constitute blanket oversight of all new AI models.
- Juan Londoño of the Cato Institute called the order a step forward but warned that giving the NSA director discretion over model selection could set a dangerous precedent.
- Anthropic was named alongside OpenAI and Google as a “frontier lab” expected to share cutting‑edge cyber models under the new voluntary framework after Trump canceled an Oval Office ceremony with tech executives.
Why it matters: AI developers such as Anthropic, OpenAI and Google must submit models within a 30‑day window, incurring compliance costs and delaying launches, while the government gains early access to mitigate security threats.
