President Donald Trump on June 2 signed an executive order directing federal agencies to strengthen AI-enabled cybersecurity across government systems, expand protections for rural hospitals and critical infrastructure, and provide the federal government with access to the most advanced AI models up to 30 days before developers release them to other partners.
Here are seven things to know about the executive order:
- The order, titled “Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security,” gives agencies 30 to 60 days to carry out its directives.
- Among the most immediate requirements, the Homeland Security secretary has 30 days to issue binding directives expanding AI-powered cyber defenses across civilian federal systems and extending cybersecurity tools and services to state and local governments, rural hospitals, community banks and other critical infrastructure operators.
- The Treasury secretary has the same 30-day window to stand up a voluntary AI cybersecurity clearinghouse with the private sector. The clearinghouse would coordinate scanning for software vulnerabilities, validate findings and prioritize patch distribution across participating organizations.
- On the national security side, senior officials from Treasury, the NSA and CISA have 60 days to build a classified process for identifying the most advanced and potentially sensitive AI systems, which the order calls “covered frontier models.” Once designated, developers could voluntarily give the federal government up to 30 days of early access to those models before releasing them to other trusted partners — with confidentiality, cybersecurity and intellectual property protections in place. The government would also work with developers to identify which trusted partners receive that early access
- The order bars the government from using that framework to impose mandatory licensing or permitting requirements on AI developers.
- The attorney general is directed to prioritize prosecution of anyone who uses AI to illegally access computer systems or steal data for criminal purposes.
- Separately, the Office of Personnel Management has 60 days to expand cybersecurity hiring pathways through the U.S. Tech Force.
The June 2 order builds on a June 2025 executive order that strengthened national cybersecurity defenses and expanded the use of AI to detect software vulnerabilities. It also follows the White House AI Action Plan released in July 2025, which called for the Department of Homeland Security to launch an AI Information Sharing and Analysis Center to help healthcare and other critical infrastructure sectors defend against AI-driven cyber threats.
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