TRUMP WHITE HOUSE REVERSES COURSE ON AI OVERSIGHT — SUDDENLY EMBRACES REGULATION IT SPENT MONTHS DISMANTLING The Trump administration, which arrived in Washington dismantling Biden-era AI safety requirements and positioning itself as the deregulation antidote to AI oversight, has quietly reversed course. Fortune reported that administration officials are now considering serious oversight frameworks for the most advanced AI models, including Anthropic’s Mythos, following growing national security concerns about frontier models capable of identifying and exploiting cybersecurity vulnerabilities at scale. The shift is striking. For months the administration framed AI regulation as a handout to China and an obstacle to American competitiveness. That framing collapsed when intelligence agencies and security officials walked administration officials through what the newest generation of models can actually do. The exact contours of the proposed oversight framework remain unclear. What is clear is that the administration’s confident laissez-faire position is no longer holding. Multiple states have moved independently, with Colorado’s comprehensive AI law set to take effect June 30, 2026, and Washington, Florida, Virginia, and Utah all advancing their own bills. The EU AI Act’s enforcement clock is running, with high-risk system requirements hitting August. The window during which AI companies could operate in a global regulatory vacuum is closing from every direction. Whether federal policy catches up before the first major AI-triggered incident is the central question now driving quiet conversations in Washington. Keywords: Trump AI regulation reversal, AI oversight policy 2026, Colorado AI law, federal AI regulation