Trump-era AI orders in the news again: new reviews, cybersecurity exec order, and ongoing legal fights shaping how EOs govern tech. Short bio: US president issues these to run federal ops.
The White House has issued an executive order addressing cybersecurity risks posed by artificial intelligence, aiming for less-stringent industry oversight than previously planned. The action follows a quieter White House process and private signing by the president.
The White House has issued a scaled-back executive order asking frontier AI firms to voluntarily share advanced models 30 days before release for cybersecurity review. Last week the administration has imposed export-style restrictions that forced Anthropic to cut access to its Fable and Mythos models, prompting industry alarm about ad hoc controls and the limits of the voluntary framework.
A federal judge in Boston has voided the Trump administration's $100,000 fee on H‑1B visa petitions, ruling the payment functions as a tax that Congress did not authorize. The administration has filed a notice of appeal, and parallel lawsuits and appeals are proceeding in other federal courts, leaving the policy's fate to the appeals process.
Anthropic has said it has disabled access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models after the U.S. Commerce Department has ordered the company to suspend foreign‑national access on national security grounds. Anthropic is complying while disputing the governments evidence of a narrow "jailbreak" and is working to restore access; other Anthropic models remain available.
The United States has tightened export controls on the most advanced AI models, restricting access for foreign nationals. Anthropic has widely released Fable, a limited version of Mythos, but access remains constrained due to cybersecurity concerns. Anthropic says the action is a misunderstanding and hopes to restore access soon; the Commerce Department has not commented. The move follows a presidential directive aimed at vetting national security risks in AI before public release.