Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security (Executive Order 14409)

Record US-23 · Executive Order 14409; 91 FR 34565 (FR Doc. 2026-11415)

Issued by: The White House (President Donald J. Trump)
Jurisdiction: United States
Level · region: National · North America
Published / adopted: 2026-06-02
In force: 2026-06-02
Language: English
Official identifier: Executive Order 14409; 91 FR 34565 (FR Doc. 2026-11415)

Summary

Treasury, the Department of War (through NSA) and DHS (through CISA) must develop a classified benchmarking process for AI models' advanced cyber capabilities, with the NSA Director setting the threshold for 'covered frontier models', and design a voluntary framework under which developers can give the government access to such models for up to 30 days before releasing them to other trusted partners. The order states that this authorises no mandatory licensing, preclearance or permitting of new AI models. It also directs CISA Binding Operational Directives, a Treasury-led voluntary AI cybersecurity clearinghouse, and DOJ prioritisation of prosecutions for AI-enabled hacking.

Safety topics

general-purpose / frontier AIevaluation & testingnational security & militarycritical infrastructure

Status notes

Signed 2 Jun 2026 and published in the Federal Register on 5 Jun 2026 (Vol. 91, No. 108, pp. 34565-34567). Deadlines: Sec. 2(a) to (e) within 30 days (about 2 Jul 2026); Sec. 2(f), on expanding the United States Tech Force cybersecurity hiring and placement pathways, and the Sec. 3 benchmarking process and frontier-model framework within 60 days (about 1 Aug 2026). Under Sec. 3 the Secretary of Commerce is consulted through the Director of NIST; CAISI is not named. Under Sec. 2(c)(iii) CISA is to facilitate access to cybersecurity tools and services, including covered frontier models where appropriate, for agencies, state and local authorities and critical-infrastructure operators. The order revokes no earlier instrument. Participation in the pre-release access framework is voluntary for developers.

Sources

Open the official source https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/06/promoting-advanced-artificial-intelligence-innovation-and-security/

Secondary source: https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-11415

Local copy

Archived. The secondary source returned a bot-check or empty page this time (The site returned a CAPTCHA or bot-check page); the earlier copy is kept. Last attempt 2026-10-17 22:12:16 UTC

Official source (third-party copy, not published) archive/US-23/2026-10-17/official.html

Retrieved 2026-10-17 21:40:42 UTC

SHA-256 84ea376fc340b70201df69586764df2fbec8a88b9f04ca2e50a8482aabd4d4a9

Linked document (PDF) (third-party copy, not published) archive/US-23/2026-10-11/document-1.pdf

Retrieved 2026-10-11 14:04:06 UTC

SHA-256 4a25c970947e7234f1a4308aca6aba62f327ac956de7caa41204c84f7f2cdcd9

Secondary source (third-party copy, not published) archive/US-23/2026-10-11/secondary.html

Retrieved 2026-10-11 14:04:07 UTC

SHA-256 51b1d8ae4a87fc44e7c5940df002368527b4137723a40677248ceb9a981bc79a

Verification

The instrument's own official text, or an official register, was stored and confirms the title, date and status. checked 2026-10-18 · official-url-fetched

Recheck of 17 Oct 2026: re-read the whitehouse.gov text of the order stored on 17 Oct 2026 (it differs from the 11 Oct copy only in site navigation and related links) and the Federal Register print of the order linked from that page (whitehouse.gov PDF, 3 pages, 91 FR 34565-34567, FR Doc. 2026-11415, unchanged since 11 Oct). Together they confirm the title, EO 14409, signing on 2 Jun 2026, publication on 5 Jun 2026 and the content of Secs. 1 to 5. The stored federalregister.gov copy is a bot-check page and was not used. The stored sources do not show whether the 30- and 60-day deliverables, including the voluntary pre-release access framework, have been completed; that remark and the earlier description of the order as the first post-2025 federal instrument with frontier-model testing content (an evaluation not in the sources) were removed from notes. The summary now renders Sec. 3(c) as the order words it (no authority for mandatory licensing, preclearance or permitting) instead of 'rules out'.

Second check: Independent check by Claude Code (claude-sonnet-5-5), 2026-10-18: 9 field(s) supported.

History

2026-10-18related: [{"slug": "us-caisi", "id": "US-15"}, {"slug": "us-eo-14434", "id": "US-26"}, {" → [{"slug": "us-caisi", "id": "US-15"}, {"slug": "us-eo-14434", "id": "US-26"}, {" — two-way link added: INT-19, US-09 link(s) to US-232026-10-18-fix-related-links · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
2026-10-18notes: Signed 2 Jun 2026; published in the Federal Register 5 Jun 2026. Deadlines: Sec. → Signed 2 Jun 2026 and published in the Federal Register on 5 Jun 2026 (Vol. 91, — removed a research remark (implementation 'could not be verified', now in verification.note) and an evaluative claim not in the sources ('first post-2025 federal instrument'); added the Sec. 2(f) and Sec. 2(c)(iii) details and the Federal Register volume and pages2026-10-17-recheck-north-america-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
2026-10-18summary: Treasury, the Department of War (through NSA) and DHS (through CISA) must create → Treasury, the Department of War (through NSA) and DHS (through CISA) must develo — Sec. 3(c) says the section does not authorise mandatory licensing, preclearance or permitting; 'rules out' overstated it. Otherwise the same content, checked against the stored text2026-10-17-recheck-north-america-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)

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Citation

The White House (President Donald J. Trump). Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security (Executive Order 14409) [Executive Order 14409; 91 FR 34565 (FR Doc. 2026-11415)]. 2026-06-02. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/06/promoting-advanced-artificial-intelligence-innovation-and-security/. Status: In force; verified 2026-10-18 (level A). Local copy archive/US-23/2026-10-17/official.html retrieved 2026-10-17 21:40:42 UTC, SHA-256 84ea376fc340b70201df69586764df2fbec8a88b9f04ca2e50a8482aabd4d4a9. Every AI Policy Ever, version 1.18 (snapshot 2026-10-18), record US-23.

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