President Donald Trump rolled out an artificial intelligence policy framework on Friday, outlining six different objectives that encourage Congress to champion deregulation, promote workforce education, and protect free speech on platforms.
The Trump administration has made AI policy a domestic priority, as chatbot developers and technology companies rapidly expand data center infrastructure and improve their models across the United States while competing with Chinese companies. Trump has been bullish in the AI arena: appointing David Sacks as the first White House AI and crypto czar, laying out an all-new “AI Action Plan” to guide deregulation of the industry in July, and, now, releasing a new policy framework for Capitol Hill.
“It will help parents safeguard their children from online harm, shield communities from higher electric bills, protect our First Amendment rights from AI censorship, and ensure that all Americans benefit from this transformative technology,” Sacks said of the new policy framework.
The policy framework asks Congress to focus on six objectives: protecting children and empowering parents; safeguarding and strengthening American communities; respecting intellectual property rights and supporting creators; preventing censorship and protecting free speech; enabling innovation and ensuring American AI dominance; and educating Americans and developing an AI-ready workforce.
The framework calls for specific initiatives such as giving parents controls related to their children’s accounts, streamlining data center permitting rules so facilities can generate its own power on-site, and dismantling “outdated or unnecessary barriers to innovation.”
House GOP leadership, including Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), and key committee chairmen, released a statement on Friday in alignment with and committing to act on the AI policy guidelines.
“Today, the Trump Administration took a critical step in releasing a framework that gives Congress a roadmap to pursue legislation that provides innovators with much-needed certainty, while protecting consumers and prioritizing kids’ online safety,” House Republican leaders said in the statement.
“House Republicans look forward to working across the aisle to enact a national framework that unleashes the full potential of AI, cements the U.S. as the global leader, and provides important protections for American families,” the statement, from Johnson, Scalise, Reps. Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Jim Jordan (R-OH), and Brian Babin (R-TX) wrote.
The release of the policy guidelines followed Trump signing an executive order establishing an “AI Litigation Task Force” to draft a national AI policy standard.
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Sacks said he, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios, Chief Technology Officer Ethan Klein, National Economic Council Deputy Director Ryan Baasch, and Senior AI Adviser Sriram Krishnan worked on the effort alongside other White House officials.
The full framework can be read here.
