White House ‘Studying’ AI Security Executive Order
WASHINGTON — The White House is studying a potential executive order on artificial intelligence security, Federal News Network reported, with the order possibly targeting AI company Anthropic.
The prospective order, still in its early stages, would govern AI development and deployment across federal systems. According to reporting by Gizmodo, the executive order may specifically target Anthropic, one of the nation’s AI safety laboratories and a federal contractor.
The potential action against Anthropic, if confirmed, would mark a change in the administration’s approach to regulating specific AI companies. Anthropic has secured government contracts and partnerships in recent years.
An executive order on AI security could affect federal procurement standards, security requirements for AI systems handling sensitive data, and national security protocols governing artificial intelligence.
The White House has not publicly confirmed a timeline for any such order. Federal agencies and AI companies with government contracts would be among those most immediately affected by new security mandates.
The development comes as Congress continues to debate comprehensive AI legislation and as federal agencies work to implement existing AI governance frameworks. A presidential executive order would bypass the legislative process, allowing the administration to impose requirements more quickly on federal AI use and potentially on companies supplying AI services to the government.
Any order targeting a specific company would be unusual and could raise legal questions about the scope of executive authority over private AI developers.
