Trump's New AI Executive Order and Internal Divisions

Signed July 13, 2026, the EO supersedes voluntary safety framework. Details remain scarce. White House directly controls frontier model access, contradicting voluntary framing. Internal split: Sacks and Krishnan oppose ban on open-weight models; Musk and Huang also resist premature restrictions. Review deadline this Saturday. The White House has officially exempted open-weight models from pre-release review but is now considering expanding the framework to include them, as revealed in a scoop about a meeting with Google, Anthropic, and OpenAI. The administration missed the August 1 deadline for finalizing the review process. A new article raises five key questions about the secretive framework, adding pressure for transparency. A recent op-ed defends the exemption as a national security masterstroke, arguing it is intentional and not a gap.