Trump's Frontier AI Order: Voluntary 30-Day Review After Labs Killed the Mandatory 90-Day Draft
Trump signed an executive order creating a voluntary pre-release safety window of up to 30 days for frontier AI models — a significant retreat from an earlier draft mandating 90 days, scrapped after pushback from Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google. The binding elements are elsewhere: a new AI cybersecurity clearinghouse coordinating vulnerability scanning across critical infrastructure, upgraded federal defenses against AI-enabled attacks, and an attorney general directive to prioritize prosecuting AI-facilitated crimes.
Source: whitehouse.gov ↗
We will continue to lead an America First cybersecurity effort that enhances both our national security and our global AI dominance.
Donald J. Trump
Why this matters
- → Trump rejected mandatory 90-day AI model reviews after industry pressure, replacing them with voluntary 30-day assessments that labs can skip entirely.
- → Real enforcement shifts to cybersecurity infrastructure hardening and criminal prosecution of AI-enabled attacks, not pre-release safety checks.
- → The order frames AI dominance as national security priority, positioning rapid deployment over precautionary review periods.
Speed over safety