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EPISODE · Jun 3, 2026 · 18 MIN

Fault Lines Episode 603: Trump’s AI Exec Order: The Next Phase of the AI Arms Race?

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Today, John, Andy, Andrew, and Matt break down the new AI Executive Order, which dropped yesterday after weeks of interagency debate and a last-minute halt before its original signing ceremony. The order tasks DHS with facilitating AI tool access for federal and state agencies, puts Treasury in charge of a new AI clearinghouse, and establishes a 30-day federal review window before models are released to selected partners — a framework that effectively brings AI companies into a formal government assessment process for the first time. This comes on the heels of Anthropic's Mythos model release and early discussions about a potential AI dialogue between the United States and China.Is the framework voluntary in name only? What does it mean that Treasury, rather than DHS or CISA alone, is at the center of this? How does the U.S. approach compare to the tiered review frameworks already in place across Five Eyes partners like the UK and Australia? Check out the answers to these questions and more in this episode of Fault Lines.@johnclipsey@andykeiser@andrewborene@wmatthaydenLike what we're doing here? Be sure to rate, review, and subscribe. And don't forget to follow @faultlines_pod and @masonnatsec on Twitter!We are also on YouTube; watch today's episode here: https://youtu.be/r-JLI9kup0E Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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