# Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence

> A sweeping order setting safety, security and civil-rights standards for AI, including safety-test reporting for the most powerful models.

Joe Biden · Technology · Executive Order · EO 14110 · Oct 30, 2023
Official record: https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2023-24283

## What happened

A sweeping order setting safety, security and civil-rights standards for AI, including safety-test reporting for the most powerful models. (Rescinded by Trump in 2025.)

## How it happened

Executive order signed October 30, 2023 directing agencies across government.

## Documented impact

- [positive / substantiated] First broad federal framework for AI governance. — Set reporting and safety-testing expectations for frontier models and directed standards on privacy, bias and security.
- [negative / contested] Criticized as overreach or as toothless, and later rescinded. — Industry critics called parts burdensome; safety advocates called it non-binding. Trump rescinded it in January 2025.

## Sources

- [Federal Register: EO 14110](https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2023-24283)

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