The White House postpones a planned Thursday ceremony for Trump to sign a new EO on AI and cybersecurity; Trump says “I didn't like certain aspects of it”
The White House has cancelled its planned ceremony for President Trump to sign a new executive order on AI and cybersecurity, per a note seen by Axios.
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Discussion
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@alexeheath
Alex Heath
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Update: White House is postponing this (lots of CEOs couldn't make it on such short notice)
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@miles_brundage
Miles Brundage
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I'm not sure... Trump has often indicated he thinks there should be basic guardrails in place. Other possibilities here include 1. some parts were actually underbaked, 2. he was fed misinfo by a CEO https://x.com/...
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@tonyromm
Tony Romm
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Trump says he will not sign an order on AI today. Asked about it, he said it was “because I didn't like certain aspects of it,” adding: “I postponed it... we're leading China, we're leading everybody, and I don't want to do anything that's going to get in the way of that lead.”
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@tedlieu
Ted Lieu
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trump and Republicans show again that they support the AI industry running wild with no guardrails. November is coming.
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@gailcweiner
Gail Weiner
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The AI companies just demonstrated, today, that they can kill an executive order at the eleventh hour. Invitations were sent. The ceremony was scheduled. CEOs were on their way to the White House. And the order didn't get signed because the lobbying pressure from the
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@govpressoffice
@govpressoffice
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Trump CANCELS his AI executive order after Governor Gavin Newsom releases his worker-focused EO earlier in the morning. [image]
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@repyvetteclarke
Rep. Yvette D. Clarke
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Donald Trump's concern for the health of the AI industry begins and ends with the wealth of those at its top. This EO was not delayed due to its many flaws, but because his Big Tech buddies demanded that it be. These billionaires will always put profit over progress. The presi…
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@hadas_gold
Hadas Gold
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President Trump on why exec order on AI was delayed: “I didn't like certain aspects of it. I postponed it. I think it gets in the way of... you know we're leading china, we're leading everybody, and I don't want anything that's going to get in the way of that lead. We have a very
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@dareasmunhoz
Diego Areas Munhoz
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NEW: WH has POSTPONED AI EO ceremony that was expected this afternoon to a later date, I'm told. It's unclear why the delay yet
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@campuscodi.risky.biz
Catalin Cimpanu
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After countless rumors that the White House was publishing an executive order on Friday on AI security, officials have postponed it hours before it was set to be signed — cyberscoop.com/trump-postpo...
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@ericjgeller.com
Eric Geller
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The New York Times says Trump's forthcoming AI EO “could also include the creation of a vault for security vulnerabilities, for companies and cybersecurity researchers to report vulnerabilities they find using A.I. models.” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/t...
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@ericjgeller.com
Eric Geller
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“The government would like to gain access to the AI models up to 90 days before they are released to the public. But ... companies were expected to commit to give the government a roughly two-week advance look at the models...” www.washingtonpost.com/technology/ 2...
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@ruoshuiresearch
Ruo Shui
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“voluntary framework that asks labs to share their models up to 90 days before release.”
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@kahuna686
Mark
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Oh sure. That's why.
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r/accelerate
r
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“He just hates regulation” Trump delays AI executive order that might hinder progress, says, “it's just something doomers wanted,” the source added
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@quinnypig
Corey Quinn
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‘Regulation slows innovation’ is the same argument the telcos used to kill net neutrality. It worked then. The ‘innovation’ that followed was data caps.
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@kenbazinet
Ken Bazinet
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The reversal also came after industry officials raised concerns about a proposed voluntary review process for cutting-edge “frontier” AI models, according to four people familiar with the matter, who were granted anonymity to discuss private discussions, Politico reported.
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@robertscotthorton
Scott Horton
on bluesky
The AI exec. order was postponed because David Sacks called Trump this morning and argued that having the federal government review models before their public release would slow down innovation and harm the U.S. in its AI race with China. www.politico.com/news/2026/05...
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@rweingarten
Randi Weingarten
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This is what's wrong with this Administration -the tech billionaires win again and Americans lose www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ 202...
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r/politics
r
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Trump calls off plan to sign artificial intelligence order due to concern it could hurt the industry