# Executive Order 14409: Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security

- **Jurisdiction:** United States (federal) (US)
- **Type:** Executive order · **Status:** In force · **Binding:** yes
- **Issued by:** The President (Executive Office of the President)
- **Proposed:** — · **Adopted:** 2 Jun 2026 · **Effective:** 2 Jun 2026
- **Obligations:** Frontier model safety, Security testing
- **Sectors:** Defence, Critical infrastructure, Public sector

## Summary
Directs NSA, CISA, Treasury and NIST to build a classified benchmark for the cyber capabilities of AI models and a threshold for designating 'covered frontier models', plus a voluntary framework under which developers give the government up to 30 days' pre-release access to such models. It also orders CISA directives on AI-enabled cyber defence, a Treasury-led AI vulnerability clearinghouse, and DOJ prioritisation of prosecutions for AI-enabled hacking.

## Why it matters
Frontier developers whose models cross the cyber-capability threshold will be asked (not required) to give the government early access; the order expressly rules out licensing or pre-clearance.

## Source
[Federal Register](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/05/2026-11415/promoting-advanced-artificial-intelligence-innovation-and-security)
Checked against the source on 4 Oct 2026. Section 3(c): nothing authorises a mandatory licensing, preclearance or permitting requirement for frontier models. Agency deadlines were 30 and 60 days after signing (early Jul / early Aug 2026).

## Cite
Executive Order 14409: Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security. The President (Executive Office of the President). Status: In force. wheresthe.ai, https://wheresthe.ai/rule/us-eo-14409-advanced-ai-innovation-security-2026/ (verified 4 Oct 2026).

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