Executive Order 14110 on Safe, Secure, Trustworthy AI
US-EO-14110 · US
Executive Order 14110 on Safe, Secure, Trustworthy AI is a Executive order from US, adopted on 2023-10-30 and effective 2023-10-30. Current status: Partially in force. Partially rescinded by EO 14179 (Jan 2025). Some §4 reporting persists via Defense Production Act + BIS interim rule.
Scope and obligations
Partially rescinded by EO 14179 (Jan 2025). Some §4 reporting persists via Defense Production Act + BIS interim rule.
Executive Order 14110 on Safe, Secure, Trustworthy AI addresses 5 contested AI-governance topics explicitly, 5 via general principles,.
Topics governed
- governsFoundation Models / GPAI— §4.2(a) — Defense Production Act reporting
- implicitBiometric Identification— §7 civil rights; sectoral agencies retain authority
- governsDeepfakes / Synthetic Content— §4.5 (content authentication, watermarking)
- implicitAI in Employment— §6 + DOL guidance; sectoral
- implicitAI in Healthcare— §8 + HHS strategy
- governsAI in Criminal Justice— §7.1(b) (DOJ AI use review)
- implicitAI in Education— §8(b) + ED guidance
- governsCompute-Threshold Reporting— §4.2(a)(i) — 10²⁶ FLOP threshold
- implicitTransparency Obligations— §4.2(a)(i) (reporting includes red-team results)
- governsSovereign AI Doctrine— §4.8 (BIS export controls leverage)
Cross-jurisdiction comparison
How peer instruments treat the topics Executive Order 14110 on Safe, Secure, Trustworthy AI governs.
| Topic | EU-AIA-2024 | UK-WHITEPAPER-2023 | CN-GENAI-2023 | G7-HIROSHIMA | OECD-AI-PRIN | COE-AI-CONV | UN-RES-2024 | NIST-AI-RMF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation Models / GPAI | governs | implicit | governs | governs | implicit | implicit | silent | governs |
| Deepfakes / Synthetic Content | governs | silent | governs | governs | silent | silent | implicit | implicit |
| AI in Criminal Justice | governs | implicit | silent | silent | silent | governs | silent | silent |
| Compute-Threshold Reporting | governs | silent | silent | silent | silent | silent | silent | silent |
| Sovereign AI Doctrine | silent | silent | governs | silent | silent | silent | silent | silent |
How to cite this article
APA 7
Policy Window. (2023). Executive Order 14110 on Safe, Secure, Trustworthy AI [Wiki article]. https://policywindow.org/wiki/us-eo-14110
Chicago 17
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BibTeX
@misc{policywindow-us-eo-14110,
title = {Executive Order 14110 on Safe, Secure, Trustworthy AI},
author = {Policy Window},
year = {2023},
howpublished = {Exec. Order No. 14110, 88 Fed. Reg. 75191},
url = {https://policywindow.org/wiki/us-eo-14110},
note = {Primary source: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2023/10/30/executive-order-on-the-safe-secure-and-trustworthy-development-and-use-of-artificial-intelligence/}
}Related instruments
References
- Exec. Order No. 14110, 88 Fed. Reg. 75191
- §4.2(a) — Defense Production Act reporting
- §7 civil rights; sectoral agencies retain authority
- §4.5 (content authentication, watermarking)
- §6 + DOL guidance; sectoral
- §8 + HHS strategy
- §7.1(b) (DOJ AI use review)
- §8(b) + ED guidance
- §4.2(a)(i) — 10²⁶ FLOP threshold
- §4.2(a)(i) (reporting includes red-team results)
- §4.8 (BIS export controls leverage)
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