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U.S.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on AI yesterday.
It creates a voluntary framework that allows the government to vet AI models.
The move comes after officials raised concerns about the security risks posed by frontier AI platforms,
most recently Anthropics Mythos.
The signed order asks AI labs to submit new models for security review
up to 30 days before they are released to the public.
An earlier draft of the order proposed a longer 90-day period.
But Trump pulled that version abruptly last month because of warnings within his administration
that tighter oversight could hamper the growth of leading AI labs.
Regulation of the technology has become a thorny issue for the president.
Some of his allies, including former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon,