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Trump revokes Biden’s AI executive order

US federal AI policy swings from managing risk to winning the race

Key facts

Date
20–23 Jan 2025
Era
The agentic age
Interest
Laws & rulings
Threads
Safety & governance
Revoked
20 Jan 2025: EO 14110 of 30 Oct 2023, Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence
Replacement
23 Jan 2025 order: “sustain and enhance America's global AI dominance”
Action Plan
23 Jul 2025, “Winning the AI Race”, over 90 federal policy actions

On his first day back in office, 20 January 2025, Donald Trump rescinded Joe Biden’s 2023 executive order on AI, EO 14110. Three days later he signed “Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence”, ordering an AI action plan within 180 days. America’s AI Action Plan followed on 23 July 2025 with more than 90 federal policy actions.

Sources

  1. The White House, Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions, 2025-01-20
  2. The White House, Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence, 2025-01-23
  3. The White House, White House Unveils America's AI Action Plan, 2025-07-23