06/06/2026
President Donald Trump signed an executive order asking AI labs to voluntarily share their frontier models with the government for a 30-day security review before release. This is a retreat from the previously planned 90-day review.
The change came just hours before a May 21 ceremony, with Trump saying a longer review would “get in the way” of the U.S. AI race with China. Labs are asked to submit covered frontier models flagged by a classified process as capable of finding security vulnerabilities.
Former AI czar David Sacks, who reportedly opposed the first 90-day draft, supported the order once the window was shortened to 30 days. The order also clarifies that there will be no mandatory licensing or permits for new AI models, while the DOJ will pursue AI-powered hacking of computer systems.
With Anthropic’s Claude Mythos nearing release and GPT-5.6 expected to have similar capabilities, cybersecurity risks are very real—but the EO reads more like the government claiming a front-row seat to frontier AI than an immediate fix for security concerns.