Other stakeholders and analysts felt the provisions raised questions about the path forward and their applicability. 

“The new executive order highlights how the administration is adopting an everything-and-the-kitchen-sink approach to AI policy that is, at once, extremely ambitious and potentially over-zealous,” Adam Thierer, senior fellow for the R Street Institute’s technology and innovation team, said in a blog post Monday. 

“The implementation details on all the matters here are mostly left to the various federal agencies to work out, and it remains unclear how far they can stretch their statutory authority to enforce many of these stipulations,” Thierer said.