\n<\/p>\n
President Donald Trump signed an executive order<\/a> on Tuesday designed to give the government a chance to review powerful AI models before they are released.\u00a0<\/p>\n The order asks certain AI companies to voluntarily submit their new models to the government for testing or evaluation 30 days before releasing the products to the public. A previous draft of the order had called for a voluntary review up to 90 days in advance, though AI industry insiders had pushed for something closer to a two-week window.<\/p>\n Trump had been slated to sign the more demanding version of the order in late May, but delayed<\/a> after industry pushback, including from venture capitalist and former White House AI czar David Sacks<\/a>. The president said at the time that he didn\u2019t want to do anything to get in AI firms\u2019 way of leading against China.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cNothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the creation of a mandatory governmental licensing, preclearance, or permitting requirement for the development, publication, release, or distribution of new AI models, including frontier models,\u201d reads the order, published Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n Trump had planned to sign the EO with a bevy of Silicon Valley\u2019s top CEOs in attendance, but ended up signing the current version privately.<\/p>\n In addition to the voluntary governmental AI model review, the EO directs the Department of Justice to treat crimes like AI-assisted hacking and unauthorized access as a high-priority enforcement area.\u00a0<\/p>\n This isn\u2019t the president\u2019s first EO on AI. Last December, Trump signed an order <\/a>directing the development of \u201cone rulebook,\u201d or a national AI policy framework, intended to preempt state AI laws.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n