Trump Signs AI ‘Cyber Defense’ Executive Order

AI companies would be required to submit their frontier models on a voluntary review basis before public releases.
Published: 6/2/2026, 12:48:32 PM EDT
Trump Signs AI ‘Cyber Defense’ Executive Order
President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on May 21, 2026. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on June 2 intended to address cybersecurity threats posed by artificial intelligence (AI) technology and the new frontier models being released by major industry players.

Signed in private, the order allows some AI firms to submit their cutting-edge frontier models to a voluntary government review 30 days before a full public release.

That would entail “provid[ing] the Federal Government with access to covered frontier models, subject to appropriate confidentiality, cybersecurity, insider-risk, and intellectual-property protection, use, and nondisclosure requirements, for a period of up to 30 days before they plan to release such models to other trusted partners.”

This is a developing story and will be updated.