President Trump inked three executive orders on artificial intelligence Wednesday, including one targeting so-called “woke AI” models.
“The American people do not want woke Marxist lunacy in their AI models and neither do other countries. They don’t want it. They don’t want anything to do with it,” Trump said in remarks from Washington, DC, ahead of the signing ceremony.
The president’s order bars the federal government from procuring generative AI large language models that do not demonstrate “truthfulness and ideological neutrality.”
“From now on, the US government will deal only with AI that pursues truth, fairness, and strict impartiality,” Trump said.
Large language models [LLMs] that are “truthful and prioritize historical accuracy, scientific inquiry, and objectivity, and acknowledge uncertainty where reliable information is incomplete or contradictory” as well as “neutral, nonpartisan tools that do not manipulate responses in favor of ideological dogmas like [diversity, equity and inclusion],” would meet the criteria for use by the federal government under Trump’s order.
The order instructed White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought, in consultation with other Trump administration officials, to issue guidance for agencies to implement these principles in AI procurement.
It also mandated that government contracts for LLMs include language to ensure compliance with Trump’s “Unbiased AI Principles.”
Last year, Google’s Gemini AI model sparked controversy when it started creating “diverse” artificially generated images, including ones of black Founding Fathers and multiracial Nazi-era German soldiers.
The president also signed executive orders to facilitate the quick buildout of data center infrastructure and to promote the export of American AI technology to US allies and partners across the globe.
The data center order directs Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to launch a program that would provide loans, grants and tax incentives to qualifying infrastructure projects.
It also revokes Biden-era DEI and climate requirements for data center projects on federal lands, authorizes Cabinet officials to greenlight data center construction on federal lands and expedites permitting for such qualifying projects.
Trump’s AI-export order directs the Commerce Department to establish a program to support the development and deployment of “full-stack, end-to-end packages” overseas, including “hardware, data systems, AI models, cybersecurity measures” that have applications for the healthcare, education, agriculture, and transportation sectors.
Trump’s latest directives are part of his effort to usher in a “Golden Age for American technological dominance” and aim to make the US a global leader in artificial intelligence, according to the White House.
