Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security

Key Points

• The order directs multiple federal agencies to strengthen cyber defenses within 30 days, covering national security systems, military systems, and civilian government networks. It explicitly frames this as maintaining U.S. dominance in AI while protecting against external threats.
• A new AI cybersecurity clearinghouse will be created, bringing together government agencies and private industry on a voluntary basis to find software vulnerabilities, validate them, and coordinate patches before hackers can exploit them.
• AI developers are encouraged to voluntarily share their most powerful models with the government up to 30 days before public release so the government can assess security risks. The order explicitly bars the creation of any mandatory licensing or permit system for AI models.
• CISA is directed to expand cybersecurity tools and services to state and local governments and critical infrastructure operators, specifically naming rural hospitals, community banks, and local utilities as examples of intended beneficiaries.
• The Department of Justice is told to prioritize prosecuting anyone who uses AI to illegally access computers, breach IT systems, or deploy AI agents to steal data for criminal purposes, using existing federal criminal statutes.