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Trump pulled the draft AI executive order after citing “many” concerns it could inhibit innovation; officials expect a rewrite focused on cyber safeguards while weighing industry feedback, with mixed responses from tech leaders about the approach.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s AI-focused executive order directs labor agencies to consult unions, review how AI is used in workplaces, boost AI literacy, and create a dashboard within 90 days to track AI’s impact on employment, while inviting private industry and academia to offer recommendations; labor leaders and some Democrats say the plan is a continuation of his AI agenda, lacking concrete protections for workers and true reform.
Politico reports on a draft executive order for AI oversight that would create voluntary federal reviews of advanced AI models up to 90 days before release, while explicitly avoiding mandatory licensing; it also aims to enforce federal computer-crime laws against AI-enabled wrongdoing. Trump postponed signing amid concerns the plan could slow U.S. AI leadership, and the White House has not announced a new date, though major tech firms have been briefed.
President Donald Trump abruptly postponed his planned AI executive order after David Sacks pressed concerns that a government-mandated review could slow innovation and jeopardize the U.S. lead in AI; the measure would have established a voluntary federal review for frontier models, sparking mixed industry reactions and last-minute attendance issues from major tech CEOs.
A planned AI and cybersecurity executive order was postponed after a top adviser and several tech leaders pushed back against regulation, with Trump noting he dislikes regulation. The delay fuels uncertainty about future AI rules and signals ongoing internal disagreements within government and industry over how to approach AI safety and oversight.
President Trump postponed signing the administration’s anticipated AI executive order, saying he disliked certain aspects that could block U.S. AI leadership; the order would empower pre-evaluations of AI models for security vulnerabilities, as the White House pushes AI standards and maintains industry partnerships.
The White House abruptly postponed President Trump's signing of an artificial intelligence executive order after staff prepared the policy and invited tech leaders to attend; Trump said he didn’t like certain aspects and didn’t want the order to hinder innovation or U.S. leadership, and attendance issues among leading tech CEOs contributed to the delay. The plan would have included a voluntary federal review of advanced AI products up to 90 days before release, coordinated by Treasury, the NSA and the White House cyber office; no new signing date has been announced.
Governor Newsom signs a first-of-its-kind executive order to prepare California workers and small businesses for AI-driven disruption, mobilizing state agencies, labor experts, universities, and industry to develop data dashboards and early-warning systems, expand training, and explore protections such as severance, unemployment support, and worker ownership, while revising the WARN Act and launching a statewide deliberative process to ensure broad-based benefits from AI-driven productivity.
The White House could issue a voluntary executive order as soon as Thursday to create a government review of unreleased AI models before launch, potentially enforcing a 90-day pre-public window (with some proposing as short as 14 days). The plan features a two-part framework on cybersecurity and “covered frontier models,” a voluntary program for AI firms to share advanced models with the government, a Treasury-led clearinghouse to fix vulnerabilities, and expanded federal tech staffing. OpenAI and Anthropic have been part of the discussions, with broader moves toward model-sharing signals from the Commerce Department’s NIST; the White House has not commented.
The Justice Department filed a complaint against DC Disciplinary Counsel Hamilton Fox III, the DC Office of Disciplinary Counsel, and the DC Court of Appeals Board on Professional Responsibility, accusing them of weaponizing bar discipline to regulate federal government actions and seeking to halt the DC Bar’s prosecution of former Acting Attorney General Jeff Clark over internal deliberations related to 2020 election fraud; the action supports President Trump’s executive order to end the weaponization of the federal government and follows related DOJ filings and statements in other cases.
Amid a China summit and rising AI competition, the Trump administration is split over shifting AI model testing to the intelligence community, proposing a large ODNI center to vet models while Commerce argues for its own voluntary testing program, fueling a broader fight over mandatory versus voluntary oversight and signaling potential executive action on AI security.
Immigration attorneys say the proposed “gold card” visa touted by Trump for wealthy foreigners lacks congressional authorization, faces ongoing litigation, and comes with high costs and no guaranteed approval, prompting many to steer clients toward established paths like EB-5 or EB-1/EB-2; only a small number of applicants have advanced beyond initial filings, and several lawyers have refused to take such cases due to legal uncertainty and risk.
The White House’s mixed signals on AI policy have left tech lobbyists anxious about potential rules to vet new AI models, with rival factions within the administration debating whether an executive order is needed and whether oversight should be voluntary (via CAISI) or mandatory; there’s no final plan yet, and industry voices urge clarity and a measured approach as frontier AI like Anthropic’s Mythos raises urgency.
The White House is weighing executive actions to address security risks from advanced AI, including a pre-deployment vetting regime that could require government approval before releasing frontier models and a 16-page executive order to curb private-sector interference with federal AI use, along with contracting reforms and closer government review. The administration has also begun formal reviews with major AI firms to assess models for national security risks ahead of release, while concerns about innovation and industry pushback surface amid tensions with Anthropic over surveillance and weaponization capabilities.
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.