President Trump postponed a planned executive order on AI and cybersecurity, cancelling a White House signing ceremony with major tech CEOs amid internal administration disagreements
The order would require labs to share advanced models with the government.
#20Miles Brundage@MILES_BRUNDAGE🤔
Good thing we have lots of time to wait
Miles Brundage@Miles_Brundage🤔
#20Miles Brundage@MILES_BRUNDAGEI'm not sure...
Trump has often indicated he thinks there should be basic guardrails in place.
Other possibilities here include 1. some parts were actually underbaked, 2. he was fed misinfo by a CEO
#20Miles Brundage@MILES_BRUNDAGENow that the full EO is public, it's fair to say that many of these things in it should have just been done a long time ago, with now being better than never, and we just wasted another few days at least.
The voluntary program thing is more complicated...
Sophia Cai@SophiaCai99NEW: Read the full AI exec. order that was supposed to go out yesterday 1/
In particular, I think it's reasonable to have concerns about: - the classified nature of the designation process - the exact intent + exit conditions of the "up to" 90 day period being ill-defined - pressure to participate even if it's nominally voluntary
Miles Brundage@Miles_BrundageNow that the full EO is public, it's fair to say that many of these things in it should have just been done a long time ago, with now being better than never, and we just wasted another few days at least. The voluntary program thing is more complicated...
At the same time, as many have pointed out, doing nothing is a choice also -- namely, pressure to "play ball" with an even vaguer regime.
So why not just cut Section 3 and ship the first part, then ship an iterated Section 3 in a few days?
We do not have time for this... 😵💫
Miles Brundage@Miles_BrundageIn particular, I think it's reasonable to have concerns about: - the classified nature of the designation process - the exact intent + exit conditions of the "up to" 90 day period being ill-defined - pressure to participate even if it's nominally voluntary
#20Miles Brundage@MILES_BRUNDAGEAnother opportunity for Sam and Dario to hold hands
Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_This Grokky is always on the ball.
Today's signing event and announcement of the AI Executive Order has been postponed to an unannounced later date for unknown reasons. Reporting by Axios.
Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_Today's signing event and announcement of the AI Executive Order has been postponed to an unannounced later date for unknown reasons. Reporting by Axios.
A lot of invitations to cancel.
Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_#517Andrew Curran@ANDREWCURRAN_Possible explanation:
Trump says he cancelled it because he didn't like what was on paper.
Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_Possible explanation:
#517Andrew Curran@ANDREWCURRAN_The Washington Post is reporting that the AI Executive Order will be released tomorrow.
Benjamin Guggenheim@ben_guggenheimSCOOP: The White House is sending out invites to CEOs now for an event tomorrow on the release of the much-anticipated AI executive order, according to two people familiar with the invitations. More details on what to expect in the order in the AI & Tech brief ⬇️ https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-intelligence/ai-tech-brief/2026/05/20/ai-tech-brief-googles-ai-operating-system/
Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_The Washington Post is reporting that the AI Executive Order will be released tomorrow.
This Grokky is always on the ball.
Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-intelligence/ai-tech-brief/2026/05/20/ai-tech-brief-googles-ai-operating-system/
#517Andrew Curran@ANDREWCURRAN_Original source:
#517Andrew Curran@ANDREWCURRAN_Politico has a draft of the AI Executive Order that was scheduled to be signed yesterday.
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This is probably the section most people will be interested in:
Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/22/heres-a-draft-of-trumps-unsigned-ai-executive-order-00933411
I'm sure none of this is set in stone yet, but Axios is reporting that the current version of the AI Executive Order calls for a voluntary framework where models that qualify as being covered under the EO (probably anything equal to or above Mythos capability level) will be submitted to the government for at least 90 days for safety testing before being cleared for public release.
During this period the government will provide access to certain companies and agencies so that they can prepare their infrastructure before the model is released.
This is not that different from what is already in place. The labs already voluntarily submit models for testing. They just don't make a big deal about it. In fact there is a good chance that the real reason Gemini 3.5 Pro was not released today is because it is currently being tested. It's just the 90 day minimum number that is new. Also, voluntary will probably end up being a lot closer to "voluntary".
@Miles_Brundage Royal event seating arrangements are supposed to be by Order of Precedence. Difficult and thorny in this case.
Miles Brundage@Miles_BrundageAnother opportunity for Sam and Dario to hold hands
#839Beff (e/acc)@BEFFJEZOS90 days is literally the whole game.
90 days is the lead we have on China
If this EO had gone through we would have effectively self-sabotaged ourselves and given up on the AI race.
#839Beff (e/acc)@BEFFJEZOSWe are so f*cking back 🚀🔥🇺🇸 (it was almost so over)
#839Beff (e/acc)@BEFFJEZOSAyo I didn't get an invite 😮💨🥲
#847Divyansh Kaushik@DKAUSHIK96👀
#918Zvi Mowshowitz@THEZVISounds like we tried nothing, and even that was too much, so I guess we're all out of ideas.
President Trump postponed the planned AI executive order because he feared parts of it could slow US AI companies while China is racing to catch up.
"We're leading everybody, and I don't want to do anything that's going to get in the way of that lead"
W/ @leomschwartz: The White House briefed companies incl OpenAI, Anthropic & Reflection AI on Tuesday on an upcoming AI executive order that could be signed as soon as Thursday.
It includes a voluntary framework that asks labs to share their models up to 90 days before release.
Stephanie Palazzolo@steph_palazzoloW/ @leomschwartz: The White House briefed companies incl OpenAI, Anthropic & Reflection AI on Tuesday on an upcoming AI executive order that could be signed as soon as Thursday. It includes a voluntary framework that asks labs to share their models up to 90 days before release.
#1488Samuel Hammond 🦉@HAMANDCHEESEI bet the 90 day period was a hang-up. But what is the normal release delay for a new SOTA model?
Hearing this was ~not~ the hang up
Samuel Hammond 🦉@hamandcheeseI bet the 90 day period was a hang-up. But what is the normal release delay for a new SOTA model?
#1488Samuel Hammond 🦉@HAMANDCHEESEWomp womp
#1540Austen Allred@AUSTEN“The AI exec. order was postponed because David Sacks called Trump this morning and argued that having the federal government review models before their public release would slow down innovation.”
Obviously true.
Thank you David Sacks.
Sophia Cai@SophiaCai99New: The AI exec. order was postponed because David Sacks called Trump this morning and argued that having the federal government review models before their public release would slow down innovation and harm the U.S. in its AI race with China. David Sacks was read in on the EO this week and senior White House officials believed he was good with it. “Then, he called POTUS this morning unbeknownst to anybody, his own staff included, and derailed it,” a senior White House official told me. w/ @cheyennehaslett @jacob_wendler https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/21/trump-ai-order-sacks-00933295
Open Source AI Will Win
China will soon get a HUGE BOOST from the US government
The White House is planning to issue an executive order that all frontier models have to be reviewed by the government 90 days before release!!! 🤯