{"text":[[{"start":7.7,"text":"Donald Trump has signed a long-awaited executive order that creates a “voluntary framework” for the US to gain early access to cutting-edge AI models, after officials raised concerns about the security risks they posed. "}],[{"start":22.05,"text":"The order is a watered-down version of an earlier draft, which was due to be signed last month but Trump pulled over concerns that federal oversight of frontier AI models might hamper the growth of leading labs including OpenAI, Google and Anthropic."}],[{"start":37.95,"text":"It comes after senior members of the administration, including Treasury secretary Scott Bessent, raised the alarm about the capabilities of Anthropic’s soon-to-be-released Mythos model, which is capable of identifying and exploiting cyber security vulnerabilities."}],[{"start":53.95,"text":"The US has been racing to give agencies access to Mythos before it is publicly available, while other governments and businesses around the world have been clamouring for access in order to patch security vulnerabilities that may be identified by the model."}],[{"start":67.85000000000001,"text":"Under the order signed on Tuesday, AI labs will be asked to submit their new models for security reviews “for a period of up to 30 days” before they are publicly released. The original executive order — a draft of which was seen by the FT — asked for a 90-day review period."}],[{"start":84.15,"text":"David Sacks, the Silicon Valley venture-capitalist and Trump adviser who had been pushing for light-touch scrutiny, said on X that the executive order was a “game changer” because it would allow AI labs “to comply with the voluntary framework without delaying new model releases”. "}],[{"start":100.30000000000001,"text":"He added he believed the order would “apply only to models that represent a meaningful step-change in cyber capabilities (eg Mythos), not to incremental version numbers of existing models”."}],[{"start":111.05000000000001,"text":"Tuesday’s order also asks AI companies to “collaborate with the federal government to select trusted partners that will have early access to covered frontier models to promote secure innovation and strengthen the cyber security of critical infrastructure”."}],[{"start":125.55000000000001,"text":"US officials have previously said the government would lean on the cyber expertise of large banks and financial institutions to vet frontier models, and perhaps also enlist the help of experts in other industries."}],[{"start":136.65,"text":"The order’s signing comes amid infighting over AI regulation within Trump’s orbit. Some of the president’s allies, such as Steve Bannon, have called for leading models to be brought under US government control while Sacks and others have warned against measures that might limit the technology’s growth."}],[{"start":154.15,"text":"At one point, Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, suggested frontier models ought to be subject to the same kind of approval process as pharmaceuticals and released only “after they’ve been proven safe, just like [a Food and Drug Administration] drug”."}],[{"start":169.75,"text":"His comments were met with fierce opposition from AI founders and investors, including some close to the administration, who argued such a regime would hamper US innovation."}],[{"start":180.4,"text":"The Trump administration has subsequently stressed that the order is not intended to impose a new regulatory burden on AI companies."}],[{"start":188.55,"text":"“I want to emphasise this is not regulation,” Bessent said in advance of the original signing date last month. “We’re going to continue to dominate the AI race, and we’re going to do it with the security at the forefront, which we think this executive order accomplishes.”"}],[{"start":203.9,"text":"However, Dean Ball, a former Trump adviser who last year wrote the administration’s AI Action Plan, called the order a “fairly major win for the safety contingent within the [administration]” and suggested it was “clearly teeing up the infrastructure for a model licensing regime”."}],[{"start":227.54999999999998,"text":""}]],"url":"https://audio.ftcn.net.cn/album/a_1780448834_9010.mp3"}