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01/24/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/24/2025 18:29
Trump Administration Issues Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence
January 24, 2025
The Executive Order Directs Presidential Advisors and Agencies to Develop an Artificial Intelligence Action Plan and Conduct a Review for the Purpose of Promoting U.S. Leadership in AI
Since taking office on January 20, 2025, President Trump has issued two Executive Orders on artificial intelligence ("AI"). On his first day in office, President Trump issued an Executive Order revoking Executive Order 14110 titled "Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence" issued on October 30, 2023 (the "Biden AI Order"). Yesterday, President Trump issued an Executive Order titled "Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence" (the "Trump AI Order").
The Trump AI Order (1) expresses the Administration's policy of sustaining and enhancing the dominance of the United States in AI, (2) directs certain presidential advisors, executive departments and agencies to develop an action plan within 180 days to achieve that policy, and (3) directs such advisors, in coordination with the heads of relevant agencies, to determine if any policies or actions taken pursuant to the Biden AI Order are inconsistent with such policy, and if so, to suspend or revise any such policies or actions.