Sources: Trump postponed AI EO signing after talking to David Sacks and others, and told staff the EO is not moving forward after calls with Musk and Zuckerberg

Industry leaders warned in last-minute calls to the president that the proposed safety vetting system could inhibit development of the pivotal technology.

Washington Post 2026-05-22

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@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...
@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.
@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]
@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
@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
@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]
@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...

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Sources: Trump postponed AI EO signing after talking to David Sacks and others, and told staff the EO is not moving forward after calls with Musk and Zuckerberg

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