Trump Takes Hands-Off Approach to AI Cybersecurity in New Order

President Donald Trump outlined a hands-off approach to addressing cybersecurity threats raised by artificial intelligence under an executive order that calls for giving the US government voluntary access to AI models.

The directive was signed Tuesday, two weeks after the president postponed the measure over concerns that it risked stifling tech innovation. It stops short of mandating safety tests on cutting-edge AI models and instead seeks to make them available to the government with developers’ permission for a 30-day review period. It also calls for creating a clearinghouse for AI companies and agencies, including the Treasury Department and Pentagon, to ...