Executive Order Promotes Public-Private Cooperation on AI Innovation and Security
Executive Order Promotes Public-Private Cooperation on AI Innovation and Security
Publish Date: 2026-06-04 11:02:00
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LawFlash
June 04, 2026
The White House issued on June 2, 2026 the executive order Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security, directing federal agencies to accelerate the use of advanced artificial intelligence in cybersecurity, establish a voluntary framework for federal engagement with developers of “covered frontier models,” and prioritize enforcement against AI-enabled cybercrime. The order expressly frames AI policy around rapid innovation, private-sector collaboration, cybersecurity hardening, and protection of American intellectual property from exploitation by adversaries.
For AI developers, critical infrastructure operators, cybersecurity vendors, and technology companies, the order may create new voluntary engagement and collaboration opportunities with federal agencies while also highlighting the importance of model security, vulnerability detection, data access, insider-risk controls, confidentiality protections, and AI-enabled cyber misuse.
AI INNOVATION AND SECURITY POLICY
The order states that US policy is to promote AI innovation and security by collaborating with the private sector to modernize government and private-sector information systems, harden those systems against external threats, protect American ingenuity and intellectual property, and cultivate advanced AI-enabled capabilities.
The order directs federal officials to develop a classified benchmarking process to assess advanced cyber capabilities of AI models and determine when a model should be designated a “covered frontier model.”
The order notably calls for a voluntary framework under which developers may engage the federal government regarding models under development, provide access to covered frontier models for up to 30 days before planned release to trusted partners, and collaborate on early-access arrangements designed to strengthen critical infrastructure cybersecurity. A prior draft of…
