The Trump administration is discussing an EO to create an AI working group to examine AI oversight procedures, including vetting models before release

The Trump administration is considering a significant shift in its AI stance. According to the New York Times, internal discussions are underway around an executive order that would establish an AI working group focused on oversight procedures.

The big detail: the group would examine processes for vetting AI models before they hit the market. That's a notable pivot from the administration's previously hands-off approach to artificial intelligence regulation.

No final decisions have been made, and the specifics of what "vetting" would look like remain unclear. But the mere existence of these conversations signals that even the most deregulation-friendly corners of Washington are grappling with the pace of AI development.

If signed, the executive order would mark the administration's first concrete move toward structured AI governance — a space it previously left largely to the industry itself.