In this RedState article, Ben Smith argues that President Trump’s new AI executive order represents a compromise between national-security concerns and pressure from tech figures who opposed heavier federal oversight.
- Trump signed an AI executive order after earlier resistance from influential tech voices, including Elon Musk and David Sacks.
- The order directs CISA to expand AI-powered cyberdefense tools across federal, state, local, and critical infrastructure systems.
- Treasury, CISA, and the NSA are tasked with creating an AI cybersecurity clearinghouse to identify vulnerabilities and distribute fixes.
- The order creates a category of “covered frontier models,” which will be identified through classified federal benchmarking.
- AI developers may voluntarily give the government access to advanced systems up to 30 days before wider release.
- The article frames the policy as a walk-back from more aggressive preclearance ideas, while still moving toward greater federal involvement in AI.
- Smith notes that the fight over AI is increasingly centered on who controls the models, who gets early access, and how much Washington should intervene before release.
- The conservative concern is obvious: cybersecurity matters, but federal “voluntary” frameworks have a habit of becoming regulatory choke points once bureaucrats get comfortable.
Read the full story: https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/06/02/musk-and-sacks-fought-it-trump-signed-the-ai-order-anyway-n2202972
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