Trump’s White House moves toward gatekeeping AI as models surge

The Trump administration is shifting from a hands-off stance to active AI gatekeeping, weighing an executive order to vet all new AI models and creating a government–tech executive working group to design an oversight process. Simultaneously, a cyber-security framework is being developed to require safety testing before federal deployment. The move comes as rival labs, including Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI, cooperate with the White House, highlighting a race with China and a belief that regulation must adapt to rapid AI advances—even as some officials push for first-access rather than outright blocking releases.