President Trump Signs Executive Order to Keep America First in AI Without Biden-Style Mandates

President Trump signed a sweeping executive order on artificial intelligence Tuesday that takes direct aim at the Biden administration’s regulatory approach.

The order, titled “Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security,” directs federal agencies to strengthen cybersecurity while keeping the government out of the business of licensing AI models.

The White House laid out the order’s America First AI policy:

The United States continues to lead the world in Artificial Intelligence (AI) because of the enormous talent and innovation of our AI industry, and because we refuse to stifle this innovation with overly burdensome regulation. My Administration has unleashed tremendous technological growth and economic investment in AI by slashing the bureaucratic constraints that the prior administration placed on America’s AI developers and researchers, and by instead encouraging AI innovation and accelerating responsible AI adoption across government and industry.

Advanced AI capabilities make our Nation stronger, but also introduce new national security considerations that require coordinated action across executive