Executive Order on promoting advanced AI innovation and security, with cyber defense and frontier model steps
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Summary
Executive Order 14409, dated Jun 2, 2026, sets a policy to promote AI innovation and security in collaboration with the private sector. It directs agencies, within 30 days, to prioritize cyber defense of national security and civilian federal systems and to form an AI cybersecurity clearinghouse. Within 60 days, agencies are to build a classified benchmarking process to identify "covered frontier models" and design a voluntary framework under which developers could give the federal government access for up to 30 days before release to trusted partners. The order also directs the Attorney General to prioritize enforcement of federal criminal laws against those who use AI to illegally access or damage computers.
Why it matters
The order shapes how federal agencies and AI developers coordinate on cybersecurity and frontier models. It states the framework is voluntary and that nothing in the section authorizes mandatory licensing, preclearance or permitting for new AI models. It also signals criminal enforcement priorities for AI-enabled computer intrusion.
- Parties involved
- Committee on National Security Systems; Department of War; Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency; National Security Agency
- Federal Register doc. no.
- 2026-11415
- Citation
- 91 FR 34565
- Document number
- Executive Order 14409
- Primary source
- Federal Register (US) (federalregister.gov)
Source retrieved: . Sources are often in other languages; links open the original. - Topics
- Frontier models & safety · Government use of AI · General AI governance