The President of the United States (US), Donald Trump, signed an executive order that seeks to supervise artificial intelligence models.
The order signed Tuesday, June 2, 2026, asks companies to voluntarily allow the government to examine the national security risks of the most advanced artificial intelligence systems.
The US government can investigate a model up to 30 days before its official release.
The executive order on AI says: “Advanced AI capabilities strengthen our nation, but they also introduce new national security considerations that require coordinated action across executive departments and agencies.”
This comes just weeks after President Trump refused to sign an executive order on AI on May 21. It is still unclear if the one signed today was similar or if some changes were made to make it acceptable to the 47th POTUS.
Although he refused to sign the order in May, the 79-year-old Republican said, “We’re leading China, we’re leading everyone, and I don’t want to do anything that gets in the way of that leadership.”
Below is a brief description of the order available on the White House website:
- Introduces a voluntary framework where leading AI companies can submit advanced AI models to US government agencies for pre-release security and cyber risk testing.
- It specifically focuses on “frontier” or highly advanced AI systems with potential national security implications.
- It aims to identify cybersecurity vulnerabilities, misuse risks and threats to infrastructure before public deployment.
- The testing process involves coordination with federal agencies, including Defense, Homeland Security, Commerce, and Treasury.
- Establishes a review period (typically up to about 30 days per model) for government evaluation of submitted systems.
- It imposes no mandatory licensing or application requirements on AI developers.
- Designed to maintain US leadership in AI innovation while adding a layer of security oversight.
- Establishes a structured benchmarking process to evaluate AI systems against cyberattack and misuse scenarios.
- Encourages collaboration between the government and leading AI companies on security assessments.
- Strengthens broader federal cybersecurity preparedness for critical infrastructure potentially impacted by advanced AI.
This comes as Anthropic AI prepares to launch its most advanced AI model, Claude Mythos, amid an ongoing contract dispute with the Trump Administration over the Pentagon’s use of its technology.
For OpenAI and Anthropic, this basically means that their most advanced models will likely face a new “pre-release verification” step where US agencies can review them for security risks and misuse. This could slightly slow releases but also deepen their ties to the government.
