President Trump proposedAI Action Plan (AI Action Plan), after several months of consultation with industry companies such as Google and OpenAI, finally announced a specific implementation plan, which not only symbolizes a major turning point in the direction of the US artificial intelligence policy, but also reflects the Trump administration’s strong backlash against "ideological bias."
Among them, the most watched measure is the Trump administration's attempt to weaken the regulatory influence of US states on AI. According to the policy document, the Federal Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and other federal agencies will give priority to whether the state has "cumbersome and innovation-impeding AI regulations" when allocating AI funds, which means that if the state is considered to have too many restrictions on AI development, it may lose relevant federal subsidies.
This policy can be seen as Trump's alternative measure after failing to pass the "99-year ban on state AI legislation" amendment. The proposal was originally one of the key provisions of the "Big Beautiful Bill" promoted by Trump during his tenure, but was ultimately overwhelmingly rejected in the Senate (1:XNUMX).Maintaining the practice of state governments exercising autonomy, and this time it was "re-launched" through administrative orders, which is tantamount to taking a detour to promote government intervention and management.
In terms of content orientation, the Trump administration specifically opposed AI systems that "promote social engineering issues" and therefore asked the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to revise its AI risk management framework and delete labels and risk guidelines related to "misinformation", "diversity, equity and inclusion" (DEI), and "climate change".
In addition, Trump will also require the federal government to revise its procurement policy and only cooperate with model suppliers who can "ensure that their AI systems are not controlled by upper-level ideology." As for how to define and verify "no ideological bias," the relevant policy content currently does not provide a specific review mechanism, which may cause controversy among the industry and human rights groups.
In addition to regulations and ideology, Trump also took measures to accelerate the construction of AI infrastructure.The document statesThe current environmental impact assessment and construction regulations have caused serious delays in the construction of data centers and power generation facilities. Therefore, Trump plans to open federal land for the construction of data centers and basic power facilities, and expand the application of AI technology to assist in the environmental impact assessment process, thereby improving review efficiency.
This AI action plan is expected to be implemented through several executive orders, and Trump revoked the AI executive order signed by former President Biden in October 2023 at the beginning of his second term. Biden's version focuses more on public safety, consumer protection, algorithm transparency and AI watermarking mechanism, while Trump's approach focuses more on promoting business development, reducing regulatory intervention and eliminating "political correctness" orientation.
As this action plan is implemented and the pace of AI technology development accelerates, the outside world will pay close attention to whether this policy can truly promote the United States' global competitiveness in the field of AI, or once again trigger controversy over technological ethics and policy balance.
