The White House is set to release new AI regulatory standards next week, retracting Trump's previous promise of "light-touch regulation."

According to OnWatch Beating monitoring, the Trump administration's AI "light-touch regulation" approach is facing a serious challenge. The White House is set to announce as early as next week a set of cutting-edge AI model release voluntary standards, aimed at establishing benchmarks for models with top-tier cybersecurity capabilities and setting a release timeline to standardize future release processes. The US AI Standards and Innovation Center and the National Security Agency (NSA) will play a critical role in standard setting and oversight.

Last month, the Trump administration's direct intervention in two major AI labs has sparked industry confusion and outrage: Anthropic, due to misuse and cybersecurity concerns, saw its latest model subject to export controls on June 12, not being lifted until this Tuesday; OpenAI was required to release GPT-5.6 only to a government-vetted audience, with a broader release expected as early as next week; Google is also in talks with the government before releasing a new generation of encoding models with stronger network capabilities.

Despite Trump's promise to ease regulations to help US companies outperform their Chinese counterparts, the emerging risks of new models exploiting security vulnerabilities and disrupting key industries are forcing the White House to accelerate tightening security measures.