The announcement came just hours before the signing ceremony. Trump said the order, in its current form, risks hurting American companies.
We are leading over China, we are leading over everyone, and I don't want to do anything that will get in the way of that leadership, he said.
Huge investments in AI by US tech giants are driving growth. But critics want to see tighter scrutiny of AI services due to concerns about privacy and cybersecurity.
The order concerns the protection of computer systems against powerful AI tools and is partly a reaction to recent developments involving Anthropic, which has refused to allow the US military full access to the company's technology.
