President Trump has revoked a 2023 executive order signed by former President Biden that sought to reduce the potential risks AI poses.
When Biden's AI Order was established, half a dozen US politicians applauded the measure alongside industry executives like Microsoft President Brad Smith, who called it a "critical step forward in the governance of AI technology" (In October, Microsoft founder Bill Gates quietly supported Kamala Harris for president with a $50 million donation).
Donald Trump has repealed Joe Biden’s “Executive Order on the Safe, Secure and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence.” The order mandated federal agencies
President Joe Biden has proposed a new framework to limit the export of advanced computer chips used to develop artificial intelligence.
President Trump hosted executives from Softbank, OpenAI and Oracle at the White House Tuesday to announce “Stargate,” a $500BN private-sector plan to build new AI data centers.
The Biden administration is proposing a new framework for the exporting of the advanced computer chips used to develop artificial intelligence, an attempt to balance national security concerns about the technology with the economic interests of producers and other countries.
The government already leases federal lands for energy production, including fossil fuel exploration and renewable energy projects. Under the executive order, by February 28th, the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of Energy are supposed to find at least three sites each to host new AI data centers on land that their departments manage.
The order will direct the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy to lease federal sites where the private sector can build AI infrastructure, he said.
Trump sidelines law put in place by outgoing government seeking to set standards for AI safety and security and protect Americans' privacy.
President Trump repealed outgoing President Biden's Executive Order that established comprehensive guidelines for the development and use of AI in the USA
A later study found that Biden’s vaccination program prevented more than 3.2 million American deaths and 18.5 million hospitalizations, and saved US$1.15 trillion in medical costs and lost economic output.