White House Postpones AI Executive Order After Tech Industry Pushback — Musk, Zuckerberg Opposed, OpenAI Supported

CNN / Washington Post·high signal

President Trump delayed signing a landmark executive order that would have established a voluntary 90-day pre-launch review framework for frontier AI models, with NSA involvement in classified testing. The postponement came after opposition from Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and VC David Sacks, while OpenAI supported the order. Trump cited concerns about overregulation and the AI race with China. The EO had been postponed several times already — a clear signal that even voluntary AI governance faces fierce industry resistance.