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• @kahuna686 Mark on bluesky

  Oh sure.  That's why.

• r/accelerate r on reddit

  “He just hates regulation” Trump delays AI executive order that might hinder progress, says, “it's just something doomers wanted,” the source added

• @alexeheath Alex Heath on x

  Update: White House is postponing this (lots of CEOs couldn't make it on such short notice)

• @miles_brundage Miles Brundage on x

  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/...

• @tonyromm Tony Romm on x

  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.”

• @tedlieu Ted Lieu on x

  trump and Republicans show again that they support the AI industry running wild with no guardrails. November is coming.

• @gailcweiner Gail Weiner on x

  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

• @govpressoffice @govpressoffice on x

  Trump CANCELS his AI executive order after Governor Gavin Newsom releases his worker-focused EO earlier in the morning. [image]

• @repyvetteclarke Rep. Yvette D. Clarke on x

  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…

• @hadas_gold Hadas Gold on x

  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

• @dareasmunhoz Diego Areas Munhoz on x

  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

• @campuscodi.risky.biz Catalin Cimpanu on bluesky

  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...

• @ericjgeller.com Eric Geller on bluesky

  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...

• @ericjgeller.com Eric Geller on bluesky

  “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...

• @ruoshuiresearch Ruo Shui on bluesky

  “voluntary framework that asks labs to share their models up to 90 days before release.”

• @rweingarten Randi Weingarten on bluesky

  This is what's wrong with this Administration -the tech billionaires win again and Americans lose www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ 202...

• @quinnypig Corey Quinn on x

  ‘Regulation slows innovation’ is the same argument the telcos used to kill net neutrality. It worked then. The ‘innovation’ that followed was data caps.

• @kenbazinet Ken Bazinet on bluesky

  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.

• @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...

• r/politics r on reddit

  Trump calls off plan to sign artificial intelligence order due to concern it could hurt the industry

• @mikeisaac Rat King on x

  interesting media study on how many different versions of “why the AI exec order wasnt signed” are going around right now and who gets to save face depending on where the story landed [image]

• @sophiacai99 Sophia Cai on x

  2/ More of Trump's still un-released AI order that outlines a voluntary process for government review of advanced AI models [image]

• @sophiacai99 Sophia Cai on x

  NEW: Read the full AI exec. order that was supposed to go out yesterday 1/ [image]

• @sophiacai99 Sophia Cai on x

  New: 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. David Sacks was read in on the EO

• @elonmusk Elon Musk on x

  @Techmeme This is false. I still don't know what was in that EO and the President only spoke to me after declining to sign.

• @ericjgeller.com Eric Geller on bluesky

  Last-minute calls from Trump-aligned tech executives (including the president's powerful former AI czar) convinced him not to sign his AI security executive order, which the executives said would hamper innovation. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ 202...  [image]

• @andymstone Andy Stone on x

  This is incorrect. Mark didn't speak to the president until after the event had already been canceled.

• @tomsteyer Tom Steyer on x

  Clearly, Meta is planning for its future: Lobbying Trump to kill AI regulation, laying off 10% of its workforce, and giving $950K to elect Xavier Becerra, their candidate of choice. Is that the future you want? [image]

• @benjaminjriley Benjamin Riley on bluesky

  “The White House is increasingly grappling with backlash to artificial intelligence within Trump's base, as voters grow concerned the technology could eliminate jobs and increase electric bills.”  —  Memo to the Washington Post: by “Trump's base” you actually mean “most Americans…

• @dashaburns Dasha Burns on x

  NEW: Trump told me in an interview today that he “was hearing concerns” about the AI executive order but was also “seeing the concerns myself.”  “I have concerns about it, and I don't want to approve anything until it's done properly,” he said.