Trump signs AI executive order

Now to breaking news. And sticking with the topic of AI, President Trump just signed an executive order this morning centered on government access to advanced artificial intelligence. Let's get to CBS News correspondent Shanelle Kaul, who is following this for us. Janelle, what exactly is this new order about? Well, here it is, Mugo. It's quite lengthy. The president signing this landmark executive order earlier today in private. We're still poring through the document itself, but at this point, I can tell you upon first read that, essentially, it's asking AI companies like Anthropic, like OpenAI, and like Google to give over their new models to the government for review before those new AI models become public and something that you and I can use in our everyday lives. The order says in part, quote, "Advanced AI capabilities make our nation stronger but also introduce new national security considerations that require coordinated action across executive departments and agencies." It goes on to say the Trump administration will, quote, "work closely with industry to ensure that the best and most secure technology is deployed rapidly to confront any and all threats to our country." So what does this mean, Mugo? Well, essentially here, the government is asking those companies-- Anthropic, OpenAI and Google, for example-- to voluntarily let the government review their new AI models up to 30 days before those models become public. Now, I do want to note that upon first read, it appears this is not a mandatory legal requirement that's going to be some kind of pre-licensing agreement. Instead, the government here is asking those companies to give over those models for review for safety reasons, it says, before they become public. Ultimately, though, the president signed this after some squabbling back and forth about this. He was supposed to sign this order back in May, so the timing here is interesting, because at that point, he had pulled out at the last moment, telling reporters, Mugo, that he was concerned that putting some kind of order like this out there in writing may impact American companies' ability to essentially be competitive against Chinese companies. We know that there's this race between China and America in the AI data world. And so ultimately, the president is signing this today, which, again, is not forcing these companies to hand over those AI models but asking them to comply with this for safety reasons.

OK. Shanelle Kaul in our newsroom in New York. Thank you so much.