The White House issues an executive order on AI safety before the November 2026 midterm elections.

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Six frontier AI models put this at 20% by 26 Dec 2026. Full reasoning from every model.

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20% — the median of 6 frontier models, resolving by 2026-12-26.

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Gemini (Google): 4% — Trump's tech policy prioritizes deregulation to outcompete China over imposing federal AI safety mandates. Only five weeks remain until the November 2026 midterms, leaving virtually no runway for a major policy pivot. The administration revoked Biden's EO 14110 specifically to eliminate compliance mandates on frontier AI developers. A catastrophic, high-profile frontier model failure before November is the only plausible catalyst for such an order.

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Claude (Anthropic): 10% — Turns on whether Trump reverses his deregulatory AI stance before the midterms, which is unlikely. Trump's Jan 2025 EO rescinded Biden's AI safety order and favors deregulation, not new mandatory standards. No legislative or political pressure has yet forced a pivot toward mandatory safety rules from this administration. A sudden AI-related crisis or major bipartisan congressional push before Nov 2026 is the main scenario that could change this.

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GPT (OpenAI): 41% — It turns on whether Trump chooses a binding safety-focused order over his administration’s lighter-touch AI posture. Trump can sign unilaterally before Election Day, but agencies would need a concrete standards mandate ready for White House review. The January 2025 AI order prioritized U.S. dominance and revoked Biden-era guardrail directives, lowering the precedent for a new mandate. A major AI misuse incident or bipartisan pressure for preemptive rules would materially raise the odds before November.

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Grok (xAI): 18% — Trump signing a mandate-style AI-safety EO in the next five weeks. Trump’s 2025 AI actions have been deregulatory and revoked Biden’s safety EO; a new mandate would reverse that pattern. No draft or White House leak of safety-standards language has surfaced by 27 Sep, and midterm messaging is elsewhere. Topic-specific EOs in the last month before midterms are rare unless already queued; this one is not.

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DeepSeek (DeepSeek): 22% — Trump has already signed AI orders this term, but they deregulate; a safety-mandating order needs a political trigger he currently lacks. Trump's 2025 orders (Jan 23, Jul 23) directed an AI Action Plan and stripped Biden's safety rules, so his revealed preference runs against mandates. Congress is stalled on AI bills, and EO drafting runs through OMB/Ostp; a new safety order would need a triggering event like a frontier-model incident. Base rate for a president reversing his own deregulatory AI stance within a 3-month window is low; a major AI-caused harm before November would most change my mind.

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Qwen (Alibaba): 22% — Trump's deregulatory posture makes a binding AI safety EO unlikely; he'd need a compelling political reason to reverse course. Trump revoked Biden's AI safety EO (EO 14110) on day one in Jan 2025, signaling hostility to mandatory AI guardrails as a policy category. No bipartisan AI safety legislation has advanced in this Congress, and Trump's base and tech donors (e.g., Musk, Andreessen) oppose regulation. A mid-2026 AI safety incident or polling shift could force a reactive EO, but base rate for a president signing an EO contradicting their stated philosophy is low.

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