Overview

• The administration published a 28-page AI Action Plan containing more than 90 policy actions organized around accelerating innovation, expanding data centers and energy infrastructure, and establishing U.S. hardware and software as the global benchmark.
• On July 23, President Trump signed three executive orders targeting perceived ideological bias in AI models, streamlining environmental and water permitting for large-scale data center projects, and encouraging full-stack AI exports to allied nations.
• Federal funding decisions for broadband and other programs will be conditioned on states’ approaches to AI regulation, with additional support withheld from jurisdictions deemed overly restrictive.
• Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, said the Commerce and State Departments will collaborate with industry to package and export U.S. AI hardware, software and standards abroad.
• Industry groups welcomed the deregulatory agenda, while privacy advocates and labor unions cautioned that unchecked AI deployment could increase discrimination and safety risks.