United States (US) President Donald Trump has signed an executive order on oversight of artificial intelligence models.
The order, signed on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, asks companies to voluntarily allow the government to investigate national security risks posed by the most advanced AI systems.
The US government can review a model up to 30 days before its official release.
The executive order on AI reads: “Advanced AI capabilities make our nation stronger, but also introduce new national security concerns that require coordinated action across executive departments and agencies.”
This comes just a few weeks after President Trump refused to sign an executive order on artificial intelligence on May 21. It remains unclear if the one signed today was the same or if some changes were made to make it acceptable to the 47th POTUS.
While declining to sign the order in May, the 79-year-old Republican said, “We lead China, we lead everybody, and I don’t want to do anything that’s going to get in the way of that leadership.”
The following is a brief description of the order available on the White House website:
- Introduces a voluntary framework where large AI companies can submit advanced AI models to US government agencies for pre-release security and cyber risk testing
- Focuses specifically on “frontier” or highly advanced AI systems with potential national security implications
- Aims to identify cybersecurity vulnerabilities, abuse risks and infrastructure threats before public deployment
- The testing process involves coordination with federal agencies, including the Defense, Homeland Security, Commerce and Treasury departments
- Sets a review period (typically up to about 30 days per model) for government review of submitted systems
- Does not impose mandatory licensing or enforcement requirements on AI developers
- Designed to maintain US leadership in AI innovation while adding a security oversight layer
- Establishes a structured benchmarking process for evaluating AI systems against cyber attack and abuse scenarios
- Encourages collaboration between 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-launch check” where US agencies can review them for security and abuse risks. This could slow down the releases a bit, but also deepen their ties to the government.
