President Donald Trump signed National Security Presidential Memorandum 11 (NSPM-11) on June 5, directing U.S. national security agencies to accelerate artificial intelligence (AI) adoption and revoking Biden-era restrictions. This memo aims to accelerate U.S. AI development, roll back oversight, and maintain technological dominance over China. NSPM-11 notably requires agencies to terminate contracts with AI companies limiting government use, updates the Defense Department's autonomous weapons policy, and vests AI accountability within the military chain of command.
The directive addresses the U.S. dependence on external AI infrastructure, seeking to manage this by accelerating adoption for strategic competition while embedding assurance and accountability. It mandates "no kill switches" from commercial entities and aims to build trust in AI the government cannot build itself, as seen in the Pentagon's standoff with Anthropic over usage terms. The memo shifts testing in-house, emphasizing reliability, robustness, steerability, and controllability. Congress should codify these elements, including the ban on unlawful domestic surveillance and funding for independent evaluation, to provide legal guarantees and ensure institutional checks and balances.
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