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President Trump postponed the signing of an executive order on AI and cybersecurity to avoid slowing U.S. companies competing with China

The ceremony was rescheduled after internal administration disagreements.

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Assuming this stays the case (a big assumption), I'm glad to hear "both national security and civilian agencies appear to have roles in the EO's enforcement" The 90 day thing sounds maybe iffy but hard to know without much more detail

6:29 PM · May 19, 2026 View on X
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Good thing we have lots of time to wait

Miles BrundageMiles Brundage@Miles_Brundage

🤔

4:34 PM · May 21, 2026 · 4.4K Views
4:35 PM · May 21, 2026 · 499 Views

I'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

4:55 PM · May 21, 2026 · 2.4K Views

Another opportunity for Sam and Dario to hold hands

Andrew CurranAndrew Curran@AndrewCurran_

This Grokky is always on the ball.

10:59 PM · May 20, 2026 · 7.9K Views
11:34 PM · May 20, 2026 · 4.7K Views

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.

3:28 PM · May 21, 2026 · 9.2K Views
Andrew CurranAndrew 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.

3:28 PM · May 21, 2026 · 9.2K Views
3:28 PM · May 21, 2026 · 1.1K Views

A lot of invitations to cancel.

Andrew CurranAndrew Curran@AndrewCurran_
3:28 PM · May 21, 2026 · 2.2K Views
3:30 PM · May 21, 2026 · 1.3K Views

Trump says he cancelled it because he didn't like what was on paper.

Andrew CurranAndrew Curran@AndrewCurran_

Possible explanation:

4:12 PM · May 21, 2026 · 1.4K Views
4:32 PM · May 21, 2026 · 1.5K Views

The Washington Post is reporting that the AI Executive Order will be released tomorrow.

Benjamin GuggenheimBenjamin Guggenheim@ben_guggenheim

SCOOP: 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/

8:32 PM · May 20, 2026 · 101.4K Views
9:00 PM · May 20, 2026 · 35.9K Views

This Grokky is always on the ball.

Andrew CurranAndrew Curran@AndrewCurran_

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-intelligence/ai-tech-brief/2026/05/20/ai-tech-brief-googles-ai-operating-system/

9:01 PM · May 20, 2026 · 3K Views
10:59 PM · May 20, 2026 · 7.9K Views

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".

4:56 AM · May 20, 2026 · 14.8K Views

@Miles_Brundage Royal event seating arrangements are supposed to be by Order of Precedence. Difficult and thorny in this case.

Miles BrundageMiles Brundage@Miles_Brundage

Another opportunity for Sam and Dario to hold hands

11:34 PM · May 20, 2026 · 4.7K Views
11:38 PM · May 20, 2026 · 256 Views

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"

6:24 PM · May 21, 2026 · 2.7K Views

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.

7:19 PM · May 20, 2026 · 7.6K Views
Stephanie PalazzoloStephanie Palazzolo@steph_palazzolo

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.

7:19 PM · May 20, 2026 · 7.6K Views
7:20 PM · May 20, 2026 · 586 Views

Hearing this was ~not~ the hang up

Samuel Hammond 🦉Samuel Hammond 🦉@hamandcheese

I bet the 90 day period was a hang-up. But what is the normal release delay for a new SOTA model?

8:23 PM · May 21, 2026 · 1.3K Views
9:10 PM · May 21, 2026 · 282 Views

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!!! 🤯

11:43 PM · May 20, 2026 · 8.9K Views
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