President Donald Trump said he delayed the signing because he believed parts of the proposal could weaken America’s lead over China in the global AI race
President Donald Trump canceled plans to sign a major executive order on artificial intelligence oversight, exposing growing disagreements inside the White House over how to regulate the rapidly expanding technology.
The proposed order would have allowed the federal government to evaluate advanced AI models before companies released them publicly. It marked a major shift from the administration’s previous hands-off approach.
Trump said he delayed the order signing because he “didn’t like certain aspects of it.” He added that parts of the proposal could weaken America’s lead over China in the global AI race.
The White House invited executives from OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, Meta, and Microsoft less than 24 hours before the ceremony. Several CEOs could not attend, forcing companies to send other executives.
The order also proposed voluntary sharing of AI models with the government 14 to 90 days before public release.
US government officials wanted to create a system to detect cybersecurity threats after Anthropic warned in April that its new Mythos model could expose dangerous software vulnerabilities in banking and other sectors.