President Donald Trump has delayed signing an executive order that would allow the government to evaluate AI models before they are released.
Trump claimed he was not happy with the language of the order: “I didn’t like some aspects of it,” he told the White House press pool. “We’re leading China, we’re leading everybody, and I don’t want to do anything that gets in the way of that leadership.”
Unofficial reason: Not enough tech CEOs could get to Washington, DC on short notice many reports. And what’s an executive order signing without a photo op?
The anticipated executive order would have tasked the Office of the National Cyber Director and other agencies to develop a process to evaluate AI models for security before their release. This is partly in response to concerns raised by the release of Anthropic’s Mythos and OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 Cyber – both of which can quickly find and exploit security vulnerabilities.
One of the key points in the language of the EO, per cnnThe proposed requirement for AI companies to share advanced models with the government 14 to 90 days before launch.
Trump said he was concerned that the language of the EO today “could be restrictive.”
