Executive Order 14409

Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security

Signed 2026-06-02 in effect
Artificial IntelligenceTechnologyCybersecurityNational Security
Foreign Policy & National SecurityTechnology & InnovationLaw & Justice

Establishes coordinated federal approach to advance AI development and cybersecurity. Requires agencies to prioritize AI-enabled defenses, creates voluntary framework for frontier AI model assessment, directs DOJ to prosecute AI-enabled cybercrimes. Explicitly excludes mandatory licensing or permitting of AI.

Section by Section

What each section does, and how they differ.

Sec. 1 Purpose

Establishes that the United States leads in AI innovation by avoiding overly burdensome regulation; emphasizes that advanced AI capabilities strengthen national security while requiring coordinated action to address national security considerations.

Sec. 2 Upgrading American Systems for Advanced AI

Directs National Security Committee to prioritize cyber defense; directs Defense to prioritize Department of War information systems; directs DHS/CISA to release guidance expediting civilian federal systems cyber defense and expanding AI-enabled defensive tools.

Sec. 3 Secure Frontier Model Deployment

Within 60 days, directs development of classified benchmarking process to assess advanced cyber capabilities of AI models and determine covered frontier model status; directs creation of voluntary framework for AI developers to engage with federal government.

Sec. 4 Protection Against Criminal Actors

Directs Attorney General to prioritize enforcement of criminal laws against anyone using AI to illegally access computers or further criminal activity.

Sec. 5 General Provisions

Standard boilerplate: preserves existing agency authority, conditions the order on appropriations, and creates no enforceable private rights.