President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at strengthening artificial intelligence and cybersecurity practices without imposing mandatory licensing requirements. The directive gives federal agencies 30 days to improve protections for government systems and critical infrastructure, while the U.S. Treasury Department will lead an artificial intelligence cybersecurity clearinghouse. It also tasks the National Security Agency and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency with developing a voluntary access framework for security reviews of frontier models. The reliance on voluntary AI safety testing has drawn criticism that the order does little to change oversight, even as a lighter-touch approach could support investor confidence by favoring growth over stricter regulation.