Trump Pledges to Revoke Biden's AI Executive Order if Re-elected
Former president accuses current administration of using AI to target political speech, promises to ban such practices.
- Former President Donald Trump, during a campaign speech in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, vowed to cancel President Biden's executive order on artificial intelligence (AI) if re-elected.
- Trump accused Biden's administration of 'weaponizing' AI to target American citizens for political speech.
- Biden's executive order, signed on Oct. 30, calls for the federal government to increase its capacity to regulate, govern, and support responsible use of AI.
- Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has defended the use of AI, stating that it is being deployed responsibly to achieve the department's missions.
- Trump's promise to revoke the executive order includes a ban on the use of AI to censor the speech of American citizens.