President Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday that asked technology companies to give the government oversight of new artificial intelligence models before releasing them to the public, a shift for an administration that had promoted a hands-off approach to the powerful technology.
The order followed months of debate in the Trump administration over how to handle A.I. and its effects on cybersecurity and national security. Last month, Mr. Trump scrapped an executive order on A.I. — which would have created a 14-to-90 day window in which the government would review new A.I. models before they were released — just hours before he was set to sign it.
Mr. Trump’s new executive order formally shifts the White House from its anything-goes approach with A.I. companies, which the president and his cabinet had said could help advance the United States in a technological race against China, to a more hands-on stance.
The new order asks tech companies to give the government a shorter 30-day window for their new A.I. models to be reviewed before they are publicly released. It also asks the Treasury Secretary to form an A.I. “cybersecurity clearinghouse,” which would review security vulnerabilities discovered by A.I. models.
“Advanced A.I. capabilities make our nation stronger, but also introduce new national security considerations that require coordinated action across executive departments and agencies,” the order said.
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