Why Is Trump Pulling the Plug on His AI Order? | DW News

Why It Matters

The decision leaves uncertainty over how the U.S. will balance innovation and safety: without the order, firms face less immediate oversight but the national-security risks from advanced models remain unresolved, affecting industry competition and critical-infrastructure resilience.

Summary

President Trump abruptly withdrew plans to sign an executive order on artificial intelligence hours before a scheduled White House event, saying aspects of the proposal could blunt the U.S. lead in AI. The draft order would have required tech firms to provide advance access to new models so government agencies could assess dangerous capabilities and vulnerabilities, and would have strengthened U.S. cybersecurity coordination with critical infrastructure. Experts say the move reflects internal White House divisions between deregulatory instincts and rising national-security concerns driven by powerful new models such as Anthropic’s Mythos. Although paused, the episode signals a potential shift in U.S. AI policy debates toward greater government visibility into model releases.

Original Description

US President Donald Trump was just hours away from signing a major executive order on artificial intelligence — then suddenly backed off. Why? Was it pressure from Silicon Valley, fears of losing ground to China, or concerns over government oversight of powerful AI systems? AI expert Sam Winter-Levy talks about the need for AI regulations and the narrow race for artificial intelligence between the US and China.

Chapters:

0:00 Why is Trump going back on his AI order?

1:33 Sam Winter-Levy, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

4:17 Trump now wanting to regulate AI more?

7:07 Anthropic's Claude Mythos

8:56 Why AI can be scary

11:58 The US-China AI competition

14:49 Europe's approach to AI

17:59 Will Europe step up in the AI race?

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