May 20 - Officials from the White House's Office of the National Cyber Director hosted a briefing for prominent artificial intelligence developers to describe elements of a proposed executive order that would give U.S. intelligence and other government agencies the ability to review advanced AI models prior to public release.
The meeting, held on Tuesday, included representatives from companies identified as OpenAI, Anthropic and Reflection AI, according to people familiar with the discussions. Attendees were presented with a framework intended to create a voluntary process for notifying the U.S. government ahead of major model releases.
The proposed executive order would establish a voluntary notification system under which creators of what are being referred to as frontier AI models would inform federal authorities in advance of significant launches. Under the framework described, developers could choose to share advanced models with relevant government agencies up to 90 days before making those models available to the public.
People familiar with the matter said the White House could move quickly: U.S. President Donald Trump may sign the executive order as soon as Thursday. The briefing was organized by the Office of the National Cyber Director as part of the administration's outreach to industry on the details of the proposal.
Representatives for the companies named as participants did not immediately provide comment in response to requests for information about the briefing and the planned executive order.
The briefing and the proposed voluntary framework were described to attendees as a means for agencies to conduct review of advanced models before public release. The plan, as presented in the meeting, emphasizes notification and the option for pre-release sharing on a timeline that could extend up to 90 days prior to public availability.
Details disclosed in the briefing focus on the mechanics of notification and pre-release access; the presentation did not specify enforcement measures beyond the voluntary framework, nor did it outline subsequent steps following a review. Attendees were given an overview of the timeline under consideration and the basic elements of the proposed order as the White House seeks feedback from industry participants.