Trump administration considers executive order creating AI working group and requiring government review of new models

The Trump administration is considering an executive order to create a working group on artificial intelligence and establish a government review process for new models, according to the New York Times. White House officials briefed executives from Anthropic PBC, Alphabet Inc.'s Google, and OpenAI on some plans under consideration during meetings last week.

The proposed approach could resemble the UK model via the British AI Security Institute, which researches and makes recommendations on safe uses of leading models. In the US, AI labs already test models on a voluntary basis before release with the federal Center for AI Standards and Innovation.

The policy shift follows Anthropic's announcement that its Mythos model can find network weaknesses and poses a global cybersecurity risk. Anthropic has limited Mythos access to a handful of financial and tech companies for vetting, and US officials are working to make the model more widely available to federal agencies for testing.