Trump Administration Executive Order for New AI Regulator Stalls

The Trump administration has internally circulated a draft executive order in recent weeks, calling for the creation of a self-regulatory organization for AI companies that produce state-of-the-art models, according to two people who have viewed a draft.

Drafting of the order represents a significant step toward creation of such a regulator, although major obstacles remain. To be finalized, the order still needs buy-in from a range of senior officials, including the president, and lately progress in that direction has stalled, according to three other people familiar with the matter.