Trump Postpones AI Safety Executive Order — 'I Don't Want Anything to Get in the Way of That Lead'

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The White House shelved a draft AI safety executive order on May 21 that would have given federal agencies up to 90 days for security review of new AI models before release. Trump stated he 'didn't like certain aspects' and didn't want to slow the US lead over China. The order had been postponed several times already; industry and administration are scrambling on what's next for government access to frontier models.