The Trump administration rolled out a sweeping new AI action plan on Wednesday aimed at beating China in the AI race. The plan covers 90+ policy recommendations, pushing for rapid AI innovation and lighter regulatory touch on tech giants.
The strategy zeroes in on three pillars: speed up AI innovation, build AI infrastructure, and lead globally on AI diplomacy and security. The White House is clear: bureaucracy is the enemy of AI growth.
The Office of Science and Technology Policy backs cutting red tape, even urging the FCC to review state AI rules for interference with federal authority. The plan blasts “radical climate dogma” as a barrier to building the energy and infrastructure AI demands. The motto? “Build, Baby, Build!” 
President Trump plans to sign executive orders aligning with this plan later today.
The move flips the Biden administration’s AI playbook, which focused on AI risks like cybersecurity threats, bias, and weaponization. This new plan seeks to undo some of those regulatory efforts, including FTC investigations seen as too heavy-handed.
The plan continues Trump’s push to keep AI “free from ideological bias,” mandating federal contracts go only to companies promising “objective” AI systems without “top-down ideological bias.”
Vice President JD Vance summed it up in a speech last year:
> “We believe that excessive regulation of the AI sector could kill a transformative industry just as it’s taking off, and we’ll make every effort to encourage pro-growth AI policies.”
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> “We feel strongly that AI must remain free from ideological bias, and that American AI will not be co-opted into a tool for authoritarian censorship.”
The Trump team is doubling down on deregulation and aggressive AI infrastructure rollout to push US leadership, making it clear they see AI supremacy as a critical national priority.
