Trump postpones signing artificial intelligence order out of concern it would hurt the AI industry
The delayed order would have created a voluntary 90-day testing system for frontier models, officials said, as industry pressure grew.
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump abruptly postponed signing a planned AI executive order at the White House, saying he "didn't like certain aspects" of the measure and feared it could harm U.S. competitiveness.
- Trump expressed concern the draft "could have been a blocker" to American AI leadership, stating, "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."
- Tech executives including SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and David Sacks reportedly pressured the administration Thursday morning, warning that the voluntary testing framework could slow innovation and harm U.S. competitiveness.
- While the order aimed to strengthen cybersecurity defenses against Anthropic's Mythos model, officials stated the policy remains active and will be revised, though no new signing date has been announced as of Thursday.
- The proposed framework sought to help federal agencies test advanced AI models for vulnerabilities before public release, protecting critical infrastructure including banks and hospitals from emerging cybersecurity threats.
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