Trump postpones and scraps signing of AI executive order covering cybersecurity and voluntary testing

President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order on artificial intelligence that aims to set up a framework for AI companies to voluntarily inform the federal government about new models 30 days before their release.

Trump's executive order creates a voluntary framework for reviewing advanced AI models, expands AI-powered cybersecurity efforts, and more.

President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order on artificial intelligence, less than two weeks after postponing a White House ceremony over his concerns that a similar policy could dull America’s edge on AI technology

An earlier draft of the order was postponed after Trump said he “didn’t like certain aspects of it.”

The president said AI would make the U.S. stronger but that it also posed a national security risk without government oversight.

President Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order directing federal agencies to shore up their defenses against more advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models and develop a voluntary testing framework. The new order appears to be a scaled-back version of the order Trump initially intended to sign recently. The president backed out just hours before the...

President Donald Trump signed a long-awaited executive order directing US agencies to work with artificial intelligence companies to protect networks from AI-enabled cyber attacks.

Last week, President Trump was expected to sign an executive order on artificial intelligence, but abruptly postponed the event. Politico White House reporter Diana Nerozzi joins to examine what happened.

The White House on Thursday postponed plans for President Donald Trump to sign an executive order establishing a voluntary review process for artificial intelligence models before they’re released, according to a source familiar with the plans. Trump said he had delayed the EO signing because he “didn’t like certain aspects” of the order. The signing … The post White House postpones executive order on AI appeared first on Egypt Independent.

President Trump’s abrupt decision to pull an executive order on artificial intelligence testing has exposed a deeper divide in the White House over how to oversee the technology’s development without stopping its growth.  After ushering tech leaders to the White House for a signing ceremony Thursday, Trump’s 11th-hour decision to scrap the order displayed his...

President Trump postponed signing an order on the dangers posed by artificial intelligence after an adviser warned that industry guardrails could slow down U.S. models in the race against tools from China.

Earlier this week, Trump's coterie of big tech execs was supposed to join him to sign it. Then it got called off.

President Trump struggles to make a plan for artificial intelligence regulation after initially taking a hands off position on the emerging technology.

President Trump scrapped his plans to sign an executive order regarding artificial intelligence and cybersecurity that would have invited AI companies to voluntarily give the federal government early access to test their anticipated releases.

President Trump said he postponed the signing of an executive order on artificial intelligence because he “didn’t like” all the details, arguing it would put American companies behind foreign competition. “I didn’t like certain aspects of it, I postponed it,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “I think it gets in the way of,...

The order would create a voluntary framework for AI developers to engage with the government before releasing advanced AI models

Trump's AI order was reportedly delayed due to last-minute pressure from industry leaders.

Plans were put on hold after xAI founder Elon Musk and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg raised concerns over the US tech position.

US news website Semafor reports the administration's plans were put on hold following a push from xAI founder Elon Musk and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, as well as former Trump AI adviser David Sacks

"Because I didn't like certain aspects of it I postponed it," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office

President Donald Trump called off plans to sign a new executive order on artificial intelligence hours before an expected White House ceremony Thursday because he said he was worried the measure could dull America’s edge on AI technology. Trump said he was postponing the Oval Office event with tech industry executives because he did not like what he saw in the order’s text. “We’re leading China, we’re leading everybody, and I don’t want to do anything that’s going to get in the way of that lead,” Trump told reporters. The order would have established a framework for the government to vet the national security risks of the most advanced AI systems before their public release, according to a person familiar with the White House’s deliberations with the tech industry but not authorized to speak about them publicly. The directive was being characterized as a voluntary collaboration with participating U.S.-based tech companies, including Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google, the person said. The push for some kind of government action to review leading AI systems follows growing concern within the banking industry and other institutions about the leaps in AI’s abilities to find cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the world’s software. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and outgoing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell convened an urgent meeting with Wall Street CEOs in April, warning them about the cybersecurity risks posed by Anthropic’s AI model, Claude Mythos. The meeting, urgently assembled at the Treasury Department’s headquarters, was intended to ensure that banks were aware of the risks associated with the models, Bessent said at CNBC’s “Invest in America Forum” in Washington in April. “This new Anthropic model is very powerful,” he said. “Some banks are doing a better job in cybersecurity than others, and we want to have the ability to convene them and talk about what is best practices and where they should be heading.” That led some allies of the Republican president to propose better methods for getting those AI tools in the hands of trusted cybersecurity experts. Trump’s hopes for AI have run up against voters’ fears of its impact Trump had pledged to undo the AI safety regulations set by his predecessor, Democratic President Joe Biden. Trump’s administration has viewed the AI sector as an engine to help deliver on his pledges to expand the economy and he has promoted its major players at events at the White House and around the world. Last week, Trump had tech CEOs in tow for a summit with China’s Xi Jinping. Trump’s ambitions for the sector have collided with the fears of voters over the impact of the technology on American life, jobs, and electricity bills. Republicans themselves are divided over whether to embrace the AI industry or side with voters who express skepticism about the technology. Also complicating the government’s interest in working with Anthropic on cybersecurity is the government’s ongoing legal fight with the company. Trump in February ordered all U.S. agencies to stop using Anthropic’s chatbot Claude after an unusually public clash between the Pentagon and CEO Dario Amodei. There are competing factions within the administration, said Serena Booth, a computer science professor at Brown University and former AI policy fellow in a Democratic-led Senate committee. “We do see this kind of public fighting,” she said. ”‘We will release an executive order. No, we won’t. We’re going to sign it this afternoon. Oh, the signing is canceled.’ I think this whiplash is because we’re seeing these fractures.’” Some of those divides are balancing what Booth said is a “reasonable idea” to test the most capable AI models before their public release, with a concern that government scrutiny, if it takes too long, could burden AI developers. “It does come at a potential very large cost to innovation and speed of development,” she said. “There is, I think, a real risk here and I do see both sides.” The White House has pushed back against state laws seeking to regulate AI, saying the measures could curb growth. A new executive order that could have been perceived as government screening of commercial AI models would have signaled a significant shift in the administration’s approach. At the same time, similar screening is already happening. Trump’s Commerce Department announced earlier this month that it signed agreements with Google, Microsoft, and Elon Musk’s xAI to evaluate their most powerful AI models before their public release, building on previous agreements the Biden administration made with Anthropic and OpenAI. But the announcement later disappeared from the Commerce Department website. White House describes a balance between safety and innovation At a White House press briefing Tuesday, Vice President JD Vance declined to discuss specifics from the order but said the administration wants to promote innovation while also addressing cybersecurity threats and data privacy. “The president wants us to be pro-innovation. He wants us to win the AI race against all other countries in the world,” he said, adding, “We also want to make sure that we’re protecting people.” Asked about new models that could pose security risks, Vance said the administration is taking a collaborative approach with tech companies. “It also does have some downsides,” he said, “and we’re trying to balance that safety against innovation.” A former White House tech policy adviser who was a lead author of Trump’s AI policy road map said the disagreements likely represent “healthy tension” in an administration that has long been wary of regulating the “frontier AI” companies like Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google. “They don’t want to do it because it’s politically risky in a million different ways,” said Dean Ball, now at the Foundation for American Innovation. Ball said he would welcome an executive order that would get those companies working more closely with the government on cybersecurity but “ultimately, I’m fine with them taking time to get this right.” —By Collin Binkley and Matt O’Brien, Associated Press Associated Press writer Fatima Hussein contributed to this report.

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Trump abruptly punts AI executive order President Trump postponed the signing ceremony for his long-awaited executive order on a voluntary testing process for artificial intelligence models, with Trump saying he “didn’t like certain aspects of it.” © AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin The White House told invited tech leaders Thursday...

Trump called off a planned AI executive order just hours before a signing ceremony because he said he was worried the framework could slow America's lead over China. "We're leading China, we're leading everybody, and I don't want to do anything that's going to get in the way of that lead," Trump told reporters. The Associated Press reports: The order would have established a framework for the government to vet the national security risks of the most advanced AI systems before their public release, according to a person familiar with the White House's deliberations with the tech industry but not authorized to speak about it publicly. The directive was being characterized as a voluntary collaboration with participating U.S.-based tech companies, including Anthropic, OpenAI and Google, the person said. There are competing factions within the administration, said Serena Booth, a computer science professor at Brown University and former AI policy fellow in a Democratic-led Senate committee. "We do see this kind of public fighting," she said. "'We will release an executive order. No, we won't. We're going to sign it this afternoon. Oh, the signing is canceled.' I think this whiplash is because we're seeing these fractures.'" Some of those divides are balancing what Booth said is a "reasonable idea" to test the most capable AI models before their public release, with a concern that government scrutiny, if it takes too long, could burden AI developers. "It does come at a potential very large cost to innovation and speed of development," she said. "There is, I think, a real risk here and I do see both sides." [...] "They don't want to do it because it's politically risky in a million different ways," said Dean Ball, now at the Foundation for American Innovation. Ball said he would welcome an executive order that would get those companies working more closely with the government on cybersecurity but "ultimately, I'm fine with them taking time to get this right." Read more of this story at Slashdot.

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he postponed the signing of a planned executive order on regulating artificial intelligence (AI), out of concern it might undermine America’s leading position over China in the field. “We’re leading China, we’re leading everybody, and I don’t want to do anything that’s going to get in the way of that lead,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. The signing ceremony, which was originally scheduled for Thursday afternoon, was delayed “because I...

President Donald Trump delayed signing an executive order that would have given the United States government more oversight over the artificial intelligence industry. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that he did not want to take any action that would slow the U.S. down in its AI race with China, The Wall Street […] The post Trump Delays AI Executive Order Over Competitiveness Concerns appeared first on PYMNTS.com.

Trump had pledged to undo the AI safety regulations set by his predecessor.

Trump said he delayed the order because parts of the proposal risked slowing the U.S. AI industry as competition with China intensifies.

President Trump said Thursday that he had postponed a signing ceremony for the order because he “didn’t like certain aspects of it.” Here’s what’s going on.

The order would create a voluntary framework for AI developers to engage with the US government before the public release of covered models

U.S. President Donald Trump called off a signing ceremony Thursday for a new order on artificial intelligence because he worried it could dull America’s edge on AI technology.

President Trump said he postponed today's signing of an executive order on artificial intelligence because he "didn't like" all the details, arguing it would put American companies behind foreign competition.

President refuses to approve order hours before planned signing due to fears US innovators will lose out to China

President Trump said he doesn't want to "do anything that's going to get in the way" of leading the world on the technology.

President Trump on Thursday said he was postponing the signing of an executive order on artificial intelligence cybersecurity. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang reports.

President Trump delayed signing an executive order that would have required pre-release government security reviews of AI models, citing dissatisfaction with the order's language.

President Donald Trump scrapped an executive order signing Thursday. The order is expected to lay out partnerships with leading AI companies to vet new models.

President Donald Trump called off a signing ceremony Thursday for a new order on artificial intelligence because he worried it could dull America's edge on AI technology.

The executive order would have established voluntary government vetting of artificial intelligence models before they were released to the public.

Trump said that AI is "causing tremendous good," and he was concerned that the executive order "could have been a blocker."

The White House has reported postponed President Donald Trump's signing of an executive order addressing AI and cybersecurity concerns planned for today that was to be attended by the leading lights of the artificial intelligence industry. The post Report: White House Postpones AI Executive Order Signing to Be Attended by Tech Titans appeared first on Breitbart.

President Trump has postponed the signing ceremony for his long-awaited executive order on a voluntary testing process for artificial intelligence models, Trump saying he "didn't like certain aspects of it." The White House told invited tech leaders Thursday morning that the ceremony was off, morning, just hours before the expected afternoon signing, two sources familiar...

U.S. President Donald Trump called off a planned Thursday signing ceremony for a new artificial intelligence executive order after expressing concerns that the measure could weaken...

The White House has postponed the signing of an executive order by President Donald Trump that would address cybersecurity concerns raised by powerful new artificial intelligence models, according to people familiar with the matter.