Overview

• The administration is drafting an executive order that would bar federal contracts for AI systems showing perceived liberal bias and mandate political neutrality.
• It would apply to any AI provider vying for federal work, potentially forcing major firms to alter their training and fine-tuning methods.
• Chief AI advisers David Sacks and Sriram Krishnan led the policy initiative after high-profile ‘woke’ outputs from Google’s Gemini and Meta’s chatbots prompted criticism.
• The neutrality mandate is part of a wider Trump administration strategy that includes promoting U.S. chip exports, streamlining data-center permits and expanding energy production to bolster AI infrastructure.
• Final text is expected this week, signaling a swift pivot from the administration’s early-year deregulation toward enforcing ideological neutrality in AI systems.