President Trump has begrudgingly accepted that artificial intelligence requires oversight and on Tuesday signed an executive order asking companies to voluntarily give the government access to new models before they’re released to the public. Tripp Mickle, who covers Silicon Valley, discusses the battle in the White House over the issue and how it played out over the last few weeks.  Guest: Tripp Mickle (https://www.nytimes.com/by/tripp-mickle) , who reports about Silicon Valley for The New York Times from San Francisco. Background reading:  • Mr. Trump signed an executive order (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/technology/trump-executive-order-ai.html) seeking oversight of A.I. models. • Here’s what’s driving (http://nytimes.com/2026/06/03/business/dealbook/trump-ai-pivot.html) Mr. Trump’s big A.I. pivot. Photo: Doug Mills/The New York Times For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily (http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily) . Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.  Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts (http://nytimes.com/podcasts) or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.