EU · binding regulation
EU AI Act
EU-AIA-2024
Comparative jurisdictional memo · Catastrophic & Existential Risk
EU AI Act vs Executive Order 14110 on Safe, Secure, Trustworthy AI
Verdict: asymmetricDownload PDF
US · executive order
Executive Order 14110 on Safe, Secure, Trustworthy AI
US-EO-14110
Treatment of Catastrophic & Existential Risk
governs§4.2(a)(ii) — CBRN + autonomous replication explicitly named
Primary source: Exec. Order No. 14110, 88 Fed. Reg. 75191 (Nov. 1, 2023)
What this comparison shows
On the topic of Catastrophic & Existential Risk, EU AI Act is classified as implicit and Executive Order 14110 on Safe, Secure, Trustworthy AI as governs. The editorial verdict is asymmetric. One regime addresses the topic explicitly while the other covers it only implicitly or not at all; this is a likely site of regulatory arbitrage and a candidate for comparative-law follow-up.
Contested question: Are current frontier-model capabilities a meaningful contribution to catastrophic-risk probability? Field is split between catastrophic-risk-as-imminent (FLI, CAIS) and catastrophic-risk-as-speculative (Pope et al., Andersson) positions.
Bibliography
- Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 — EU AI Act.
- Exec. Order No. 14110, 88 Fed. Reg. 75191 (Nov. 1, 2023) — Executive Order 14110 on Safe, Secure, Trustworthy AI.
- Policy Window — Catastrophic & Existential Risk (cross-jurisdiction topic article with full 26-instrument coverage matrix).