Trump’s AI plan: Pull back restraints on tech

The Trump administration on Wednesday unveiled its AI action plan, a package of initiatives and policy recommendations meant to cement the United States as a global leader in a technology that’s expected to be as influential as the internet itself.

The Trump administration on Wednesday unveiled its AI action plan, a package of initiatives and policy recommendations meant to cement the United States as a global leader in a technology that’s expected to be as influential as the internet itself. The White House largely seeks to achieve that lofty, Silicon Valley-friendly goal through scaling back AI regulation — with a notable, MAGA-friendly exception that will work to eliminate political “bias” in AI. The plan includes three pillars: accelerating innovation, building out AI infrastructure in the United States and making American hardware and software the “standard” platform for AI innovations built around the world. The plan also recommends that large language models procured by the federal government are “objective and free from top-down ideological bias,” according to a 28-page plan published by the White House Wednesday. It’s the Trump administration’s latest push to expand AI infrastructure and investments in the United States and serves as another indication that staying ahead of China in AI is a top priority for the administration. “It’s a global competition now to lead in artificial intelligence,” said White House AI Czar David Sacks on a conference call with reporters Wednesday morning. “AI is a revolutionary technology that’s going to have profound ramifications for both the economy and for national security, so it is just very important that America continue to be the dominant power in AI.”