President Donald Trump hands a pen to Sriram Krishnan, White House Senior Policy Advisor on Artificial Intelligence, after signing an executive order, as Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) (second from left) and Secretary of Commerce Howard look on in the Oval Office at the White House. December 11, 2025, Washington, DC This executive order would curb states’ ability to regulate artificial intelligence, which the tech industry has been lobbying for.
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White House artificial intelligence policy adviser Sriram Krishnan announced Saturday that he will step down from his post at the end of June, marking the departure of a leading figure who helps shape policy for frontier technologies.
“This trip was a once-in-a-lifetime privilege,” Krishnan wrote on X. He did not give a reason for his departure.
Mr. Krishnan has been involved in the Trump administration’s efforts to create a national framework to regulate AI development amid growing security concerns in Washington over powerful new systems.
For example, Anthropic’s Mythos has reportedly demonstrated the ability to uncover cybersecurity weaknesses in computer systems such as banks.
The White House on Tuesday announced an executive order directing federal agencies to require major AI developers to voluntarily submit their most capable models to government cybersecurity testing before making them available to the public.
