A look at a copy of the AI EO that President Trump was expected to sign on May 21; the unsigned EO emphasized that government AI reviews would be voluntary
The draft also includes language aimed at bad actors. It directs the attorney general to enforce the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and …
Politico Sophia Cai
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Discussion
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@sophiacai99
Sophia Cai
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NEW: Read the full AI exec. order that was supposed to go out yesterday 1/ [image]
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@tim_roehn
Tim Röhn
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🔴We have obtained a copy of the executive order on artificial intelligence oversight that U.S. president Donald #Trump had been expected to sign What a scoop by our @axelspringer Global Reporter @SophiaCai99: https://www.politico.com/... //@AxelSpringerGRN
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@politico
@politico
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Our @SophiaCai99 obtained a copy of the AI executive order that Trump had been expected to sign yesterday... and abruptly postponed. Listen to Cai explain what was in the draft and the story behind the president's decision.👇 🔗 https://www.politico.com/... [video]
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@dandrezner
Daniel Drezner
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Is it me or are the leaks coming from the Trump administration starting to increase in tempo? www.politico.com/news/2026/05...
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@elfsternberg
Elf M. Sternberg
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The Republican Administration withdraws its proposed executive order requiring the Defense Department to assess the national security risk of all LLMs released to the public (yeah, good luck doing that anyway; the Cryptographic Munitions List didn't last that long).