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US Government

Sets US AI policy through export controls, executive orders and agency action rather than standing statute.

102 entries · October 2022 – September 2026

The US federal government shapes AI through three main levers: export controls, executive action and the machinery of the agencies. From October 2022 the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security restricted exports of the most advanced chips and chipmaking tools to China, a regime successive administrations have tightened and adjusted since. On domestic policy the direction has swung sharply: Biden's 2023 executive order set safety-testing and reporting expectations for powerful models, which the Trump administration rescinded on its first day in January 2025, replacing it with an approach centred on removing regulatory barriers and an AI Action Plan. Much federal AI policy has run through executive orders rather than statute, leaving it, as the record shows, about as durable as the administration that issued it.

Category
Governments & standards bodies
HQ
Washington, US

Tracks

  • Government & policy 92
  • Compute & infrastructure 19
  • Security & misuse 17
  • Courts & copyright 12
  • Safety & alignment 11
  • Money & business 6
  • Models & capabilities 5
  • Culture & impact 3
  • Labs & people 3

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