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under Executive order issued by President Donald TrumpAI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic are required to submit advanced AI models to the government to examine cybersecurity, confidentiality, “insider risk,” and intellectual property protection.
But as the executive order makes clear, AI companies are under no obligation to do much of anything.
At the end of the section ordering the establishment of a screening process in which AI companies submit their models 30 days prior to release, it states: “Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit the establishment of a mandatory government license, prior authorization, or permit requirement for the development, deployment, launch, or distribution of new AI models, including frontier models.”
A White House representative did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Boundary models are sophisticated AI models that can pose a significant security risk, e.g Anthropic mythswhich the company has blocked from public release due to cybersecurity concerns. US-based AI companies are racing to train and launch AI models, especially amid competition from Chinese companies.
But the rapid release cycle of new models has raised concerns that they are not properly tested or regulated before being released to the public, in particular Regarding its human impacts Or potential use as Hacking tools.
The executive order also includes provisions for agencies, such as the Pentagon and the US Treasury Department, to strengthen their cybersecurity defenses over the next 30 days.
Over the next 60 days, agencies including the Department of Homeland Security and the National Security Agency are expected to create a framework for evaluating AI models, although companies are not required to submit it.
(Disclosure: Ziff Davis, the parent company of CNET, in 2025 filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging that it infringed Ziff Davis’s copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.)
The “emergence” of censorship?
Enforcement actions similar to this one were expected two weeks before the June 2 order, but the final version included several notable changes. According to CNNThe original draft called for a 90-day review period instead of 30 days. However, the AI companies involved in shaping the system, including Anthropic, are said to have backed away from the longer timeline.
CNN also reported that the Commerce Department’s Institute of Standards and Technology Announcement last month Related to AI companies sharing their AI models with the government, it disappeared from the agency’s website.
Since there are no implementing provisions or mandatory requirements for AI companies, the executive order received a muted reaction.
“Voluntary frameworks are not enough,” said Anthony Aguirre, CEO and president of the nonprofit AI Safety Foundation. Future Life Institutehe said in a statement emailed to CNET. “We need a mandatory government pre-deployment review process for the most powerful AI systems, allowing the government to prevent the launch of systems that pose an unacceptable risk to national security.”
The executive order does not clarify what would happen if the government got early access to the AI model and discovered a major problem.
John TheakstonThis lack of clarity makes it difficult to understand what the executive order will accomplish, an assistant professor of computer science at Cornell University told CNET.
“Without clearer answers to these questions, my reading of this is that it creates some appearance of oversight while largely continuing the administration’s hands-off approach to AI governance,” Theakston said.
