The White House rolled out an aggressive new roadmap to boost American dominance in artificial intelligence on Wednesday, laying out plans to relax regulations, expand energy supply, and cut funding for states with restrictive AI rules.
Dubbed the “AI Action Plan,” the 23-page blueprint marks President Donald Trump’s most far-reaching policy initiative on emerging technology. It calls for overhauling permitting processes, streamlining environmental guidelines, and upgrading the U.S. energy grid to accommodate AI-driven data centers.
The strategy also tightens national security controls to counter Chinese advances and sets a global ambition for U.S.-made AI technology to become the world’s standard.
“It is a national security imperative for the United States to achieve and maintain unquestioned and unchallenged global technological dominance,” Trump said in the plan.
Key elements include directing the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation and Export-Import Bank to foster the international export of American tech products, imposing new requirements for government procurement of “neutral and unbiased” large language models, and rolling back rules introduced under President Joe Biden focused on safety and reporting from major AI companies.
David Sacks, Trump’s point man on technology policy, developed the guidelines alongside senior adviser Sriram Krishnan and tech policy chief Michael Kratsios, after consulting leading AI firms and industry figures. The plan urges federal review and possible withdrawal of funds to states that hinder AI progress with tough regulations and recommends striking language on misinformation, diversity, and climate change from federal risk standards for AI.
With the rapid rise of artificial intelligence posing uncertainty for workers, the plan also urges investment in workforce retraining and skill building through the Education and Labor Departments, even as the administration reduced research grants to elite universities.
The policy takes direct aim at China, tightening export controls on advanced AI chips and proposing new Commerce Department oversight in partnership with the intelligence community, as well as full-stack export offerings for selected American allies.
Furthermore, energy supply features heavily in the proposal, reflecting industry concerns over power-hungry data centers. The administration plans to reinforce the nation’s energy infrastructure—including nuclear and geothermal sources—to keep pace with rising demand.
President Trump is set to sign executive orders to jumpstart these measures, underscoring his campaign pledge to make America the frontrunner in the emerging AI economy.
