President Trump released an AI "action plan" on Wednesday that outlines the administration's vision for achieving global dominance in artificial intelligence.
The report marks a split from Biden administration policies, which favored restrictions against exports of AI chips and steps to ensure AI was not used to spread misinformation.
However, the new rules do come with limitations for AI developers that build "ideological biases" into their systems, which have yet to be defined by the administration.
"There is a global competition now to lead in artificial intelligence, and we want the United States to win that race," David Sacks, chair of the president's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, said during a briefing on the report.
Sacks said the report builds on President Trump's executive order on AI issued during the first week of his second term in office by taking away "unnecessary barriers" to AI adoption put in place by the Biden administration.
Keys to the action plan include removing federal regulations that the administration believes hinder AI, promoting the build-out of AI data centers, and exporting US-made AI around the world.
More details of the plan are expected to come in an executive order or orders issued by the president on Wednesday afternoon.
Trump is also expected to discuss the plan during a speech at a Wednesday event titled "Winning the AI Race," organized by White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks and his co-hosts on the "All-In" podcast.
Those executive orders, according to Axios and the Wall Street Journal, would promote the exports of chips and AI technology to countries considered friendly to the US.
There may also be an order targeting "woke AI," according to the Wall Street Journal. It would target AI developers that the administration believes create liberally biased algorithms and block them from serving as federal contractors.
The White House didn't respond to a request for comment.
Asked who decides if an AI system is biased, a senior White House official said during a briefing that "what we're recommending here is that federal procurement guidelines be updated to ensure that government only, the federal government only contracts with LLM developers who ensure that their systems are objective and free from top-down ideological bias. And you know, DEI is really the main one."
Two constitutional law scholars who talked with Yahoo Finance said it is doubtful the "woke AI" measure will withstand legal scrutiny.
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