{"slug": "trump-signs-narrower-executive-order-on-ai-oversight-after-industry-objections", "title": "Trump signs narrower executive order on AI oversight after industry objections", "summary": "President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday requiring certain AI companies to voluntarily submit new models for government review 30 days before public release, a narrower version of a previously proposed 90-day review window. The order, signed privately after industry pushback led by former White House AI czar David Sacks, explicitly prohibits mandatory government licensing for AI development. The directive also tasks the Department of Justice with prioritizing crimes involving AI-assisted hacking and unauthorized access.", "body_md": "President Donald Trump signed [an executive order](https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/06/promoting-advanced-artificial-intelligence-innovation-and-security/) on Tuesday designed to give the government a chance to review powerful AI models before they are released.\n\nThe 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.\n\nTrump had been slated to sign the more demanding version of the order in late May, but [delayed](https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/21/trump-delays-ai-security-executive-order-i-dont-want-to-get-in-the-way-of-that-leading/) after industry pushback, including from venture capitalist and former White House AI czar [David Sacks](https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/david-sacks-trump-ai-executive-order-6019242d). The president said at the time that he didn’t want to do anything to get in AI firms’ way of leading against China.\n\n“Nothing 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,” reads the order, published Tuesday.\n\nTrump had planned to sign the EO with a bevy of Silicon Valley’s top CEOs in attendance but ended up signing the current version privately.\n\nIn 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.\n\nThis isn’t the president’s first EO on AI. Last December, [Trump signed an order ](https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/12/trumps-ai-executive-order-promises-one-rulebook-startups-may-get-legal-limbo-instead/)directing the development of “one rulebook,” or a national AI policy framework, intended to preempt state AI laws.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/trump-signs-narrower-executive-order-on-ai-oversight-after-industry-objections", "canonical_source": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/02/trump-signs-narrower-executive-order-on-ai-oversight-after-industry-objections/", "published_at": "2026-06-02 16:23:08+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-02 20:54:24.729973+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy", "ai-safety"], "entities": ["Donald Trump", "David Sacks", "White House"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/trump-signs-narrower-executive-order-on-ai-oversight-after-industry-objections", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/trump-signs-narrower-executive-order-on-ai-oversight-after-industry-objections.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/trump-signs-narrower-executive-order-on-ai-oversight-after-industry-objections.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/trump-signs-narrower-executive-order-on-ai-oversight-after-industry-objections.jsonld"}}