Executive orderIn effect
Executive Order 14409: Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security
Directs agencies to prioritize the cyber defense of national security systems and of Department of War and civilian Federal information systems, and directs the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the National Security Agency, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the National Cyber Director, to form an AI cybersecurity clearinghouse, in voluntary collaboration with the AI industry and critical infrastructure operators, to coordinate the discovery and remediation of software vulnerabilities.1
Key provisions
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- It directs those agencies, in consultation with NIST and others, to develop a classified benchmarking process to determine when an AI model is a "covered frontier model" and to design a voluntary framework through which developers could give the Federal Government access to such models for up to 30 days before releasing them to other trusted partners.
- The order states that nothing in its frontier model section authorizes a mandatory governmental licensing, preclearance, or permitting requirement for new AI models, and it directs the Attorney General to prioritize enforcement of Federal criminal laws against unauthorized computer access using AI.1
Status: In effect
The Federal Register's executive order notes for this order, retrieved on 2026-10-08, list no revoking or amending order.2
Sources
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