Washington, Jan 24: US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to enhance America’s global dominance in artificial intelligence and make it “free from ideological bias or engineered social agenda” by eliminating the Biden administration’s policies in the matter.
It called for departments and agencies to revise or rescind all policies, directives, regulations, orders, and other actions taken under the Biden AI executive order that are inconsistent with enhancing US leadership in artificial intelligence. The executive order was signed by Trump in the Oval Office in the presence of David Sacks, his Artificial intelligence and Crypto Czar. “It is the policy of the United States to sustain and enhance America’s global AI dominance in order to promote human flourishing, economic competitiveness, and national security,” the order stated.
It revokes the Biden AI Executive Order which, the Trump administration claimed, hampered the private sector’s ability to innovate by imposing unnecessarily burdensome requirements for companies developing and deploying AI.
Noting that the US must act decisively to retain leadership in AI and enhance US economic and national security, the executive order establishes the country’s commitment to sustain and enhance its dominance in AI to promote human flourishing, economic competitiveness and national security.
As the US president signed the order, Sacks said, “We’re basically announcing the administration’s policy to make America the world capital in artificial intelligence and to dominate and to lead the world in AI.” The executive order stated that American development of AI systems must be free from ideological bias or engineered social agendas and with the right government policies, the US can solidify its position as the leader in AI and secure a brighter future for all Americans.
It directed the development of an AI Action Plan to sustain and enhance the US’ AI dominance, led by the assistant to the president for science and technology, the White House AI and crypto czar and the National Security Advisor.
US prez signs executive order to declassify JFK assassination files
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order seeking to declassify files on the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Asserting that the victims’ families and the American people deserve to know the truth about these assassinations, the executive order directs the Director of National Intelligence to present a plan within 15 days for the “full and complete release” of all John F. Kennedy assassination records. It also directs the Director of National Intelligence to immediately review the records on the Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. assassinations and present a plan for their full and complete release within 45 days. “That’s a big one. A lot of people are waiting for years, for decades. And everything will be revealed,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office wherein he signed the executive order. This executive order stated that continued withholding of the John F. Kennedy records is long overdue and not in the public interest. “Although no Act of Congress directs the release of information pertaining to the assassinations of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., I have determined that the release of all records in the Federal Government’s possession pertaining to each of those assassinations is also in the public interest,” Trump said in the order. (PTI)