President Donald Trump has signed a scaled-back version of an executive order governing AI that he had shelved less than two weeks ago, after senior aides persuaded him that the administration could not indefinitely delay establishing a framework for the technology, according to two officials familiar with the matter.

The revised order gives the federal government access to the most advanced artificial intelligence models 30 days before their public release, down from an earlier proposal that would have required companies to provide access 90 days in advance.

Beyond shortening the review period, the administration made few substantive changes to the original text. Trump approved the revised order Monday night following a high-level White House meeting. Aides drafted the final language Tuesday morning, the two officials tell WIRED.

The executive order is the first major AI regulation directive of Trump's second term and reflects growing concern inside the administration that increasingly powerful systems, including Anthropic's Claude Mythos and OpenAI's GPT-5.5, could be exploited to carry out cyberattacks against critical infrastructure.

The order does not implement formal regulation but establishes a voluntary process to determine which AI models are the most powerful, and then gives the US government exclusive access for 30 days to give officials time to identify and address potential vulnerabilities before they are released publicly.

The move also represents a victory for White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, who worked with Treas...