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The White House is opening its AI plan up to Americans to contribute policy ideas to the Trump administration to ensure that the United States is the leader in AI technology. President Donald Trump signed an executive order at the end of January on AI, which White House officials say shows that he is dedicated to America's global leadership in AI technology innovation. That executive order directed the development of an AI Action Plan.
The White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy has encouraged Americans to share policy ideas for the AI Action Plan by March 15. The AI Action Plan is the first step in advancing American AI. The White House looks forward to incorporating the public's comments and innovative ideas. Americans can share their proposals on the Federal Register's website through the middle of March. Suggestions can be provided by US mail or by email.
Officials said they are seeking input from interested parties. These include academia, industry groups, private sector organizations, state, local and tribal governments, and others. Officials said the AI Action Plan will define priority policy actions to enhance America's position as an AI powerhouse and prevent unnecessarily burdensome requirements from hindering private sector innovation.
The Trump administration says its focus on AI was a campaign promise of the president's, after vowing to revoke former President Joe Biden's executive order that hindered AI innovation and imposed unnecessary government control over AI development. Under Trump's executive order, AI in the US must be free from ideological bias or social agendas.
The executive order and focus on AI is not new for Trump. In 2019, during his first administration, Trump signed the first-ever executive order on AI, recognizing the importance of American leadership in the space as well as the economic and national security of the US. Trump also took executive action in 2020 to establish the first-ever guidance for federal agency adoption of AI to deliver services to the American people and foster public trust in the technology.
"The Trump administration believes that AI will have countless revolutionary applications, economic innovation, job creation, national security, healthcare, free expression, and beyond, and to restrict its development now would not only unfairly benefit incumbents in this space, it would mean paralyzing one of the most promising technologies that we've seen in generations."
Executive Order 14179 is titled "Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence"
The executive order aims to achieve the following goals: