Trump Signs AI Executive Order Asking Companies To Give Government Early Access To Models (cnbc.com) 60
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNBC: President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order asking artificial intelligence companies to provide models to the federal government to assess their capabilities ahead of a full release. The order asks companies, on a voluntary basis, to participate in a benchmarking process to assess a model's "advanced cyber capabilities" and determine whether it should be considered a "covered frontier model." It then asks for access to those models up to 30 days before the companies plan to release them more broadly, and enables the government to help select the "trusted partners" that will receive early access.
"Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the creation of a mandatory governmental licensing, preclearance, or permitting requirement for the development, publication, release, or distribution of new AI models, including frontier models," the order said. Trump signed the order in private, just weeks after he postponed a signing ceremony with prominent tech CEOs because he "didn't like certain aspects of it," he told reporters at the time. [...] Trump's AI order outlines several timeframes to develop directives and other guidance, specifically calling on the Department of Defense to prioritize the cyber defense of its information systems.
"Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the creation of a mandatory governmental licensing, preclearance, or permitting requirement for the development, publication, release, or distribution of new AI models, including frontier models," the order said. Trump signed the order in private, just weeks after he postponed a signing ceremony with prominent tech CEOs because he "didn't like certain aspects of it," he told reporters at the time. [...] Trump's AI order outlines several timeframes to develop directives and other guidance, specifically calling on the Department of Defense to prioritize the cyber defense of its information systems.
And a pony too. (Score:2)
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order asking artificial intelligence companies to provide models to the federal government to assess their capabilities ahead of a full release.
Throw in some credit card numbers along with incriminating pictures for the category of, things government should never be trusted with.
Science is leaving (Score:5, Insightful)
Long term, there won't be many working on leading edge who deal with the USA government...
Have you seen Trumps plan to destroy research in the USA yet?
https://arstechnica.com/scienc... [arstechnica.com]
Re: Science is leaving (Score:2)
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Hey, at least he's just "asking", for now anyway, and not whatever belligerence he usually displays. Maybe the dementia is actually helping? :-)
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Hey, at least he's just "asking", for now anyway, and not whatever belligerence he usually displays.
So the first thing that jumps out at me is - in what sense is this an executive order? He's asking for voluntary compliance. There's no more weight behind this than there is one of his Truth Social posts.
But, in any case, I assume he is "asking" because one of his underlings pointed out that he can't actually force companies to comply with it, and he doesn't want yet another EO overturned by the courts.
Re:And a pony too. (Score:5, Insightful)
Rather than working with Congress, Trump likes to rule by fiat and his executive orders are his royal/holy decrees.
Most aren't actually worth the paper on which they're printed.
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They're basically Twitter posts. Half of them would get struck down for vagueness or nonspecificity if they were laws. Seems like people only obey about half of them, too. The ones they want to. Very religious in that regard.
I'm just wondering what happened to all the "conservatives" who told me for decades how evil executive orders were.
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they went the way of "term limits", "states rights", "Low taxes",and "Limited government"
Right (Score:3)
Trump has no idea what’s going on. This Stephen Miller whispering suggestions in his ear (the one supposedly with the bullet wound). I’m also curious how this could be considered “conservative”. Don’t they hate the government meddling in their affairs?
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Trump has no idea whatâ(TM)s going on.
Yeah, but that's the normal state of affairs, you don't need to point it out.
Iâ(TM)m also curious how this could be considered âoeconservativeâ. Donâ(TM)t they hate the government meddling in their affairs?
BUT MUH NATIONAL SECURITY! OF COURSE TRUMP SHUD DO WHUTEVER HE WANTS FOR THAT!
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No conspiracy necessary. Cartilage doesn't grow back.
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Calling ArchieBunker a "good ole lib" is precious. Bots don't actually have memory or experience.
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Please explain how he had a big ass bandage on his ear one week (to the point of the sycophants putting their own ear bandages on [axios.com] in an ever-expanding attempt to ingratiate themselves to "dear leader"), and then not so much as a scab the next week or any point afterward.
Once anyone can do that, then maybe I'll start believing some of this bullshit.
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They hate government meddling when they don't control government.
Just like they hate government spending when they don't get to choose where the money is spent.
And this is a huge play for market manipulation. They get 30 days to evaluate if a potentially publicly traded company (Anthropic filing for IPO, OpenAI probably not far behind) has a great new thing that they should be buying stock in advance of public release.
People keep mistaking Trump and his ilk for conservatives. They haven't shown any conservative values, just Conservative(tm) populist bullshit lies.
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Correct on both counts. This is known as the concept of Government by the people. Obviously, it's a concept lost in today's world, but it's a worthy principle to work back toward.
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Lying about it ISN'T "government by the people" though. The criticism isn't the doing, it's the dishonest politics.
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"... because he was unusually effective at closing the border ..."
LOL the trollers here are so pathetic. Can't /. do better than D-lost MAGA losers?
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Yes. They love it when it meddles in other people's affairs though. Demand it in fact.
"advanced cyber capabilities" (Score:1)
LOK ok you dumb fucking orangutan.
What qualifies the government (Score:2)
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I expect that there are groups in the government that have reasonable expertise in that area. But I see no evidence either of what they are (probably some folks in DoD and NSA might have relevant expertise) or reason to believe that they would be tasked with the review.
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We'll know what their assessment is when we see stock purchases from administration insiders previous to public release.
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That process is simple: They just put the bag of $100 bills on a scale. If heavy enough, then the model passes.
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Sorry, not obsequious enough.
It had better be a bag of $250 TrumpBills, or some gold-plated gee-gaw to mount in the Decoration-By-Liberace Oval Office. You know, like a FIFA "World Peace Prize" for the guy who started an illegal and unnecessary war in Iran with no complete-able or enumerated objectives which only served to make Iran more powerful in it's ability to fuck everything up.
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The NSA can hit them with a letter and force them to open up all their systems. And those guys are probably qualified to assess what's going on.
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Don't worry, they'll just ask the LLM what it thinks about itself. If it comes up with a good enough answer, it is good to go.
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Not the government, just Trump personally. And Trump is qualified to make any assessment on anything, just ask him.
It's not about assessments, though. It's about a pretense of safety, which you can get by sending a few hundred million to the Trump family, preferably through crypto.
AI is all about convenience, y'all. (Score:5, Insightful)
The King says "Please" (Score:1)
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order asking...
bro can't even dictator competently.
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Considering that executive orders only apply to the Executive Branch, Trump could issue an EO "ordering" every AI company to open their code for government inspection, and it would have the same effect as not writing the order to begin with.
Laughable (Score:2)
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An EO is an *order* within the executive branch, it does not apply to private industry. It's meaningless, particularly since SCOTUS declared that executive agencies cannot effectively make "law" through implementation of policy.
GOP- (Score:5, Informative)
Small government.
Fiscal responsibility
Family values
Law enforcement.
Defense.
These guys are so far off the map they about to fall off.
Licensing (Score:2)
Government authorization, depends on the size of the bribe, er crypto-coin purchase.
Thank you (Score:2)
Early Access To Models
[flipping through Sports Illustrated quickly]
Re:Thank you (Score:5, Funny)
Censorship instead of law (Score:2)
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Of course THIS congress isn't gonna do shit - the guys in charge are the anti-regulation anti-government set (until it's useful to have regulations and government for their own purposes, that is...)
The AI bros are way too busy donating to re-election campaigns because they DO NOT WANT regulation of any kind, and the guys in power right now can keep collecting that money by doing nothing at all - something this Congress has shown an relenting capacity to do.
Trust me, bro (Score:2)
We've got the most advanced model on the planet, for real, but the government said it's too dangerous to release publicly. Make us stonks.
There's always a loophole (Score:2)
because we need 30 days grift from them (Score:2)
Trump's dementia not so bad (Score:2)
I guess that's White House-speak for, couldn't monetize their activities. Trump's dementia isn't stopping him from threatening and blackmailing fellow billionaires for personal profit.