en.Wedoany.com Reported - U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order on artificial intelligence, establishing multiple working groups focused on AI and IT security issues, but without taking specific measures regarding AI's own security risks. Prior to the order's release, Trump had revoked agreements previously reached between the U.S. government and the AI industry on the first day of his second term. The order states that promoting AI innovation and security is its goal, but it primarily relies on collaboration with the private sector to modernize administrative and private-sector IT systems and strengthen defenses against external threats. Notably, insiders fundamentally believe the greatest threat comes from internal actors, and recently, risks posed by internally deployed AI agents have been added.
The order requires prioritizing IT defense efforts for military, intelligence, and civilian agencies and their service providers within 30 days, improving AI-capable defense tools, and directing the Attorney General to intensify crackdowns on criminal activities leveraging AI. On the budget front, Trump urges agencies to procure IT security tools and services without specifying funding sources, a move seen externally as a policy signal to Congress rather than substantive appropriations. The White House budget office must identify existing funding programs to support the development of advanced AI for detecting security vulnerabilities.
The Treasury Department, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense (represented by the National Security Agency) and the Secretary of Homeland Security (represented by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency), will establish an AI clearinghouse. This center will "voluntarily cooperate" with the AI industry and critical infrastructure operators to coordinate the scanning and prioritized remediation of software security vulnerabilities, self-identify and confirm vulnerabilities, and prioritize coordinating fixes and distributing security updates, without mandating public disclosure of information. Agencies such as the NSA will decide whether and when vulnerabilities are fixed, while the National Vulnerability Database at the National Institute of Standards and Technology receives no direct support.
To address the shortage of IT experts, the U.S. government announced the formation of the "American Technology Force" in late 2025, allowing nearly 30 AI companies to deploy approximately 1,000 of their employees to various departments for two years. The new order requires expanding this program, with agencies needing more IT security experts. Article 3 of the executive order grants the U.S. government exclusive priority access to the most advanced AI frontier models, requiring them to be used exclusively by the government for 30 days. Thereafter, operators and the government will jointly determine which trusted partners can use the model to promote secure innovation and enhance critical infrastructure IT security. The President establishes a voluntary framework for AI developers, with a working group composed of the NSA, CISA, and the Treasury Department responsible for developing secret comparative benchmarks, based on which the NSA will evaluate new models and notify developers as appropriate. Participants may proactively inquire whether a model might be considered a frontier model to prevent companies from underestimating technical achievements and releasing it in violation of regulations.
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