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Trump signs voluntary AI review order with explicit ban on mandatory licensing after industry phone calls cut window from 90 to 30 days
President Trump signed an executive order titled "Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security" on June 2, 2026. The order asks AI companies to voluntarily submit frontier models to the federal government for security review up to 30 days before public release. The signed order explicitly prohibits the government from creating mandatory licensing or pre-clearance requirements for any AI model. Participating companies include Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google.