US President Trump signs order to gain early access to powerful AI models

Agustin Wazne FXStreet

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday aimed at giving the government early access to powerful new artificial intelligence (AI) models. Under the proposal, AI developers would voluntarily submit new models for government cybersecurity testing before their public release.

The executive order requires key federal agencies, including the Treasury, Defense, Commerce, and Homeland Security departments, to secure agreements with AI developers to test advanced models. The order grants agencies up to 30 days to review the models before their release to the public. The directive also instructs agencies to prioritize strengthening federal cyber defense.

According to Politico, Trump had been scheduled to sign the 90-day version of the order on May 21, but he abruptly rejected that draft just hours before the Oval Office ceremony, saying he feared it would "get in the way" of US competition with China for AI supremacy.

US Dollar Price Today

The table below shows the percentage change of US Dollar (USD) against listed major currencies today. US Dollar was the strongest against the Japanese Yen.

	USD	EUR	GBP	JPY	CAD	AUD	NZD	CHF
USD		0.05%	-0.08%	0.18%	-0.04%	-0.27%	0.15%	0.13%
EUR	-0.05%		-0.11%	0.11%	-0.10%	-0.31%	0.10%	0.07%
GBP	0.08%	0.11%		0.22%	0.01%	-0.16%	0.23%	0.16%
JPY	-0.18%	-0.11%	-0.22%		-0.21%	-0.42%	-0.01%	-0.06%
CAD	0.04%	0.10%	-0.01%	0.21%		-0.22%	0.20%	0.14%
AUD	0.27%	0.31%	0.16%	0.42%	0.22%		0.40%	0.34%
NZD	-0.15%	-0.10%	-0.23%	0.01%	-0.20%	-0.40%		-0.06%
CHF	-0.13%	-0.07%	-0.16%	0.06%	-0.14%	-0.34%	0.06%

The heat map shows percentage changes of major currencies against each other. The base currency is picked from the left column, while the quote currency is picked from the top row. For example, if you pick the US Dollar from the left column and move along the horizontal line to the Japanese Yen, the percentage change displayed in the box will represent USD (base)/JPY (quote).

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Agustin Wazne

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Agustin Wazne joined FXStreet as a Junior News Editor, focusing on Commodities and covering Majors.

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