White House Postponed Signing Trump's Executive Order On AI Vetting Before Release

• 21.05.2026, 21:52

The signing of the decree has been postponed several times already.

The White House has postponed a planned Thursday signing ceremony for US President Donald Trump's new executive order creating a voluntary procedure for vetting artificial intelligence models before they are released. This Reuters reported, citing two sources familiar with the situation.

The postponement of the event was earlier reported by Axios, citing an internal administration memo.

According to Reuters, the decree provides for the creation of a voluntary system of interaction between AI developers and US authorities. The companies were supposed to be able to notify the government about the public release of certain artificial intelligence models.

The reasons for postponing the ceremony were not specified.

According to CNN, the signing of the decree has already been postponed several times.

The draft decree, according to sources, is divided into blocks devoted to cybersecurity and "frontier models," for which voluntary pre-release government access to developments (90 days before release) could be introduced.

The initiative is being discussed by major AI developers, including OpenAI and Anthropic, which already provide limited early access to their models for cybersecurity tasks.