Read the AI executive order thwarted by Trump tech allies
Axios
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Here is the draft executive order on cybersecurity and AI as it stood before President Trump https://www.axios.com/2026/05/21/trump-ai-executive-order-postponed-why" target="_blank">pulled the plug on it Thursday.
State of play: The industry and administration are scrambling to figure out what's next as key questions remain unanswered on the future of government access to top AI models and general AI safety.
Trump delays AI security order
- Trump postpones AI order signing, ‘didn’t like’ some aspects The Straits Times —
- Trump says he's postponing signing an executive order on AI out of concern it would hurt AI industry ABC News —
- Trump postpones signing AI executive order over concerns for industry Boston Globe —
- Trump postponing AI executive order "because I didn't like what I was seeing" CBS News —
- Trump delays AI security executive order: ‘I don’t want to get in the way of that leading’ Techcrunch —