Overview

• The plan released July 23 sets three strategic goals to remove regulatory barriers, expand U.S. AI infrastructure and lead international AI diplomacy.
• It directs agencies to rescind or revise rules deemed to hinder AI, expedite data center approvals and require federally supported systems to be ideologically neutral.
• The 24-page document omits any mention of “ethics,” cites “responsibility” only once and strips references to misinformation, DEI and climate change from the NIST risk framework.
• Federally funded researchers must disclose non-sensitive datasets while private firms remain free to withhold proprietary data, deepening transparency and competition concerns.
• Oversight is delegated to corporate self-policing and financial regulators are preparing to revise banking guidance in line with the plan’s deregulatory agenda, raising questions about accountability and consumer protections.