{"id":218298,"date":"2026-05-21T12:34:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T16:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/trump-calls-off-ai-executive-order-over-concern-it-could-weaken-us-tech-edge\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T18:20:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T22:20:51","slug":"trump-calls-off-ai-executive-order-over-concern-it-could-weaken-us-tech-edge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/trump-calls-off-ai-executive-order-over-concern-it-could-weaken-us-tech-edge\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump calls off AI executive order over concern it could weaken US tech edge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wjol.com\/trump-says-hes-postponing-signing-an-executive-order-on-ai-out-of-concern-it-would-hurt-ai-industry\/\">Trump calls off AI executive order over concern it could weaken US tech edge<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wjol.com\/trump-says-hes-postponing-signing-an-executive-order-on-ai-out-of-concern-it-would-hurt-ai-industry\/\">https:\/\/www.wjol.com\/trump-says-hes-postponing-signing-an-executive-order-on-ai-out-of-concern-it-would-hurt-ai-industry\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-21 12:34:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.wjol.com\">www.wjol.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>President Trump postponed signing an executive order on AI because he feared it might obscure America&#8217;s lead in AI technology.<\/li>\n<li>The order aimed to create a voluntary framework for the government to evaluate the national security risks of advanced AI systems before public release.<\/li>\n<li>Concerns about cybersecurity vulnerabilities from advanced AI models led to meetings between Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, and Wall Street CEOs to discuss risks.<\/li>\n<li>Trump&#8217;s approach to AI is at odds with voter concerns over its impact on American life, jobs, and electricity bills.<\/li>\n<li>The administration has both collaborated with AI firms on cybersecurity and struggled in legal battles, including with companies like Anthropic.<\/li>\n<li>There is a split within the administration on the merits of government vetting of AI systems versus the potential burden on innovation.<\/li>\n<li>Vice President JD Vance emphasized a balance between promoting innovation and addressing cybersecurity and privacy concerns.<\/li>\n<li>The administration\u2019s disagreements highlight a &#8220;healthy tension&#8221; when it comes to regulating frontier AI companies and addressing political risks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump calls off AI executive order over concern it could weaken US tech edge https:\/\/www.wjol.com\/trump-says-hes-postponing-signing-an-executive-order-on-ai-out-of-concern-it-would-hurt-ai-industry\/&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":218299,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/mapi.associatedpress.com\/v2\/items\/df73c8529a9944ac9ecf5f5f326dc5cb.0\/preview\/preview.jpg?nfe=true&wm=false&app=MPK&tag=tag%3Dact%7E%3Arss%21orgId%7E66880%21iid%7Edf73c8529a9944ac9ecf5f5f326dc5cb%21qt%7EBH3tvqPVgHR&icb=1779402046","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218298"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218298"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":218300,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218298\/revisions\/218300"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}