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Donald Trump
In his second term, Donald Trump reoriented US federal AI policy from safety toward speed and domestic dominance. On his first day back in office in January 2025 he revoked Joe Biden's 2023 AI executive order, replacing its safety-testing and risk-reporting frame with orders aimed at removing regulatory obstacles to development; that July his administration published an "AI Action Plan" prioritising data-centre build-out, deregulation and the export of American AI abroad. He also lent the presidency's weight to private infrastructure, appearing at the White House to announce the $500 billion Stargate data-centre venture. In December 2025 he signed an order directing the government to challenge state AI laws it deemed obstructive, setting up a confrontation with states such as California and New York that had passed their own safety rules.
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Trump and Xi agree an AI incident channel but not guardrails
Days before the White House summit, Scott Bessent and He Lifeng sketched a channel for flagging AI incidents of national-security severity; Xi urged 'human control' of AI while Trump rejected new rules.
Government & policy · Safety & alignment
Trump calls AI existential-risk warnings a hoax
Days after Amodei, Altman and Musk urged slowing frontier AI, the US president dismissed the safety warnings on Truth Social as a 'hoax' and a 'sick conspiracy' against data centres.
Government & policy · Culture & impact
Trump declares a national emergency over foreign equipment in the US power grid
The order cites surging electricity demand from AI and data centres, and gives the Energy Department until roughly late December to issue rules blocking foreign-made grid equipment.
Government & policy · Compute & infrastructure
White House issues NSPM-11 on AI in national security
The memorandum orders agencies to cancel contracts with AI vendors who limit how the government may use their models, and rescinds the Biden-era NSM-25.
Government & policy
Trump signs executive order on frontier AI security and pre-release government access
Executive Order 14409 explicitly rules out mandatory pre-clearance for new models, framing the access as voluntary and contrasting it with the prior administration's approach.
Government & policy · Security & misuse
US Commerce Department codifies H200-to-China export rule
Exports were capped at half of each company's cumulative US chip sales and subject to a 25% fee, a level analysts estimated could allow roughly 850,000 H200-equivalent chips into China.
Compute & infrastructure · Government & policy
Trump signs executive order to preempt state AI laws
The order, EO 14365, exempts state child-safety, compute-infrastructure and procurement laws from preemption, and conditions broadband funding on states not enforcing conflicting AI rules.
Government & policy
Trump administration approves Nvidia H200 chip exports to China
The 25% government cut was up from a 15% arrangement applied earlier to H20 sales; Nvidia's newer Blackwell chips remained excluded, and Democratic lawmakers demanded disclosure of the licensing review.
Compute & infrastructure · Government & policy
Trump launches Genesis Mission to accelerate AI-driven science
The order gives the Department of Energy 270 days to demonstrate an initial platform, after first identifying 20 science challenges and federal compute and data assets.
Government & policy · Compute & infrastructure
Trump administration issues $100,000 H-1B visa fee, unsettling AI talent market
The $100,000 fee applied only to new petitions filed after the following Sunday; some companies told H-1B staff travelling abroad to return to the US before the deadline.
Government & policy
Appeals court blocks Trump's firing of Copyright Office director
The panel found the register of copyrights sits in the legislative branch, so the president could not remove her unilaterally; the firing came a day after her AI-training report.
Courts & copyright · Government & policy
The White House publishes an AI Action Plan
Trump signed three accompanying executive orders the same day, including one directing agencies to favour AI models the administration deems free of 'ideological bias.'
Government & policy
Trump signs executive order barring 'woke AI' from federal procurement
Order requires federal agencies to procure only large language models certified 'ideologically neutral' and free of DEI-related content requirements.
Government & policy
Trump signs executive order promoting export of the US AI technology stack
Order directs Commerce and State to create a programme for exporting full-stack US AI hardware and software packages to allied countries.
Government & policy · Compute & infrastructure
Trump signs order on AI education for K-12 youth
Executive Order 14277 sets deadlines from 90 days to a year for a White House AI-education task force, a student AI challenge and teacher-training priorities.
Government & policy
Trump issues executive order on AI deregulation
New executive order directs agencies to develop an AI action plan within 180 days centred on innovation and removing 'ideological bias' from federal AI policy.
Government & policy
The Stargate Project announces $500 billion for AI infrastructure
OpenAI, SoftBank and Oracle pledged $500 billion over four years for US data centres, announced from the White House.
Compute & infrastructure · Money & business
Trump revokes Biden's AI executive order
EO 14110 was rescinded on day one, replaced days later by an order framed around removing barriers to American AI leadership.
Government & policy
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