Memorandum on Advancing the United States' Leadership in Artificial Intelligence; Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Fulfill National Security Objectives; and Fostering the Safety, Security, and Trustworthiness of Artificial Intelligence (NSM-25), with the Framework to Advance AI Governance and Risk Management in National Security

Summary

Presidential memorandum on AI and national security, with a classified annex. Its three objectives: lead the world's development of safe, secure and trustworthy AI; harness AI with safeguards for national security; and cultivate a stable, responsible framework for international AI governance. It makes the AI Safety Institute the government's primary point of contact with AI developers for voluntary pre- and post-deployment testing of frontier models, including for cyber and biological and chemical weapons risks, and requires a Framework to Advance AI Governance and Risk Management in National Security setting prohibited and high-impact AI uses with minimum risk management practices.

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Status notes

Signed by President Biden on 24 Oct 2024. It fulfils the directive in subsection 4.8 of his executive order on AI (EO 14110, US-04). The companion Framework to Advance AI Governance and Risk Management in National Security was published the same day; the memorandum has the NSC Deputies Committee approve the Framework and review it periodically. The White House fact sheet of the same day also says the memorandum makes collection on competitors' operations against the US AI sector a top-tier intelligence priority; the memorandum's public text directs a review of the intelligence priorities to improve the identification of foreign intelligence threats to the US AI ecosystem. NSPM-11 of 5 Jun 2026 (US-28), section 3(f), rescinds and replaces NSM-25 and associated guidance.

Sources

Open the official source https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/10/24/memorandum-on-advancing-the-united-states-leadership-in-artificial-intelligence-harnessing-artificial-intelligence-to-fulfill-national-security-objectives-and-fostering-the-safety-security/

Secondary source: https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/10/24/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-outlines-coordinated-approach-to-harness-power-of-ai-for-u-s-national-security/

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History

1. 2026-10-18related: [{"slug": "us-eo-14110", "id": "US-04"}, {"slug": "us-aisi-establishment", "id": → [{"slug": "us-eo-14110", "id": "US-04"}, {"slug": "us-aisi-establishment", "id": — two-way link added: US-07 link(s) to US-092026-10-18-fix-related-links · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
2. 2026-10-18notes: Issued 24 Oct 2024 together with the Framework to Advance AI Governance and Risk → Signed by President Biden on 24 Oct 2024. It fulfils the directive in subsection — rewritten from the memorandum: signature date, subsection 4.8 of EO 14110, approval and periodic review of the Framework by the NSC Deputies Committee; the fact sheet's intelligence-priority claim set beside what the public text directs2026-10-18-refresh-level-rule-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
3. 2026-10-18summary: The first national security memorandum on AI. It directs the US Government to le → Presidential memorandum on AI and national security, with a classified annex. It — rewritten from the memorandum's own text instead of the fact sheet: its three objectives, the AI Safety Institute's role in voluntary pre- and post-deployment testing of frontier models (cyber, biological and chemical weapons), the classified annex and the Framework's prohibited and high-impact uses; the fact sheet's 'top-tier intelligence priority' is not in the public text and moved to the notes with its source2026-10-18-refresh-level-rule-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
4. 2026-10-18secondary_url: – → https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/10/2 — the fact sheet moves here from official_url2026-10-18-refresh-level-rule-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
5. 2026-10-18official_url: https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/10/2 → https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/10/ — the record pointed at the White House fact sheet, an announcement; the memorandum's own text, linked from it and stored in this run, becomes official_url (extract.md rule 7c)2026-10-18-refresh-level-rule-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
6. 2026-10-18verification.level: B → A — level computed from the evidence by tools/pipeline.py2026-10-17-recheck-north-america-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
7. 2026-10-18notes: Rescinded and replaced on 5 June 2026 by National Security Presidential Memorand → Issued 24 Oct 2024 together with the Framework to Advance AI Governance and Risk — rewritten: the old notes said both that NSPM-11 rescinded the NSM and that no rescission could be found ('In force is provisional'), which contradicted the status; the remarks on the EO 14179 review and the AISI reorganisation are dropped as superseded by the rescission2026-10-17-recheck-north-america-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
8. 2026-10-18safety_topics: ["national security & military", "evaluation & testing", "safety institute", "ge → ["national security & military", "evaluation & testing", "safety institute", "ge — 'human oversight' dropped (not in the stored file); 'international cooperation' added for the NSM's third aim, international consensus and governance on AI2026-10-17-recheck-north-america-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
9. 2026-10-18summary: First national security memorandum on AI. It directs national security agencies → The first national security memorandum on AI. It directs the US Government to le — rewritten from the stored fact sheet: the testing partnerships 'classified and unclassified' and the Framework's prohibited and high-impact use lists are not in the stored file; adds the three aims, the alignment with democratic values and the intelligence priority2026-10-17-recheck-north-america-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
10. 2026-10-18issuing_body: The White House (President Joseph R. Biden Jr.) / National Security Council → The White House (President Joseph R. Biden Jr.) — the fact sheet shows the President issuing the NSM; the stored file does not name the National Security Council as issuer, and the register names the White House and the President for presidential instruments (US-04, US-11)2026-10-17-recheck-north-america-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)

Related records

EO 14110 (Biden AI Executive Order) United States · Revoked / withdrawn

US AI Safety Institute (founding) United States · Superseded

EO 14179 United States · In force

EO 14409 (frontier AI & cybersecurity order) United States · In force

NSPM-11 on AI in the national security enterprise (2026) United States · In force

NIST AI 800-1 United States · Draft / proposed

Citation

The White House (President Joseph R. Biden Jr.). Memorandum on Advancing the United States' Leadership in Artificial Intelligence; Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Fulfill National Security Objectives; and Fostering the Safety, Security, and Trustworthiness of Artificial Intelligence (NSM-25), with the Framework to Advance AI Governance and Risk Management in National Security [National Security Memorandum 25 (NSM-25)]. 2024-10-24. https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/10/24/memorandum-on-advancing-the-united-states-leadership-in-artificial-intelligence-harnessing-artificial-intelligence-to-fulfill-national-security-objectives-and-fostering-the-safety-security/. Status: Revoked / withdrawn; verified 2026-10-18 (level A). Local copy archive/US-09/2026-10-18/official.html retrieved 2026-10-18 06:48:48 UTC, SHA-256 7ade7bda82cd13e21aa9f22bd7204e183872fa98f6b9d01fd718bbd694f40f73. Every AI Policy Ever, version 1.18 (snapshot 2026-10-18), record US-09.

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