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Trump signs a scaled-back executive order on AI. Critics say it's almost meaningless.

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Trump signs a scaled-back executive order on AI. Critics say it's almost meaningless.

President Donald Trump signed a long-awaited executive order directing US agencies to work with artificial intelligence companies to protect networks from AI-enabled cyber attacks.

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President Donald Trump signed a long-awaited executive order directing US agencies to work with artificial intelligence companies to protect networks from AI-enabled cyber attacks.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order on artificial intelligence that aims to set up a framework for AI companies to voluntarily inform the federal government about new models 30 days before their release. The order asks AI companies to voluntarily submit their most powerful models for the government to test up to 30 days before releasing them to the public. US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order to enable AI developers to voluntarily ​submit their new models for government cybersecurity tests before public release.

President Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order directing federal agencies to shore up their defenses against more advanced AI models and develop a voluntary testing framework. The new order appears to be a scaled-back version of the order Trump initially intended to sign recently.

MarketWatch reported the story as "Trump signs a scaled-back executive order on AI. Critics say it's almost meaningless.." ABC News reported the story as "Trump signs an executive order to vet top AI models for national security risks." Washington Examiner reported the story as "Trump signs AI order creating voluntary system for early government access to new models."

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17 sources have covered this story, including MarketWatch, Financial Times, ABC News and NPR and 13 other outlets. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 21 hours ago.

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    Core event reported by 17 independent outlets across the spectrum.

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