U.S. Victory imminent in AI competition versus China, according to Trump, with Meta's executive expressing support for the strategy.
In July 2025, President Donald Trump unveiled his ambitious AI Action Plan titled "Winning the AI Race: America’s AI Action Plan". The comprehensive strategy, organised around three main pillars, aims to maintain U.S. leadership in artificial intelligence (AI) technology.
- Accelerating Innovation
The plan seeks to accelerate AI innovation by exporting American AI packages, including hardware, models, software, applications, and standards, to U.S. allies. It also encourages the private sector to eliminate barriers that inhibit AI development and deployment.
- Building American AI Infrastructure
To boost infrastructure, the plan calls for expediting and modernising permits for data centres and semiconductor fabrication facilities. It also emphasises the need to increase occupations necessary for these infrastructures such as electricians and HVAC technicians.
- Leading in International Diplomacy and Security
The plan includes a pillar dedicated to leading in international diplomacy and security by strategically promoting American AI leadership globally.
President Trump's strategy has received support from major tech industry figures such as Meta's Chief Global Affairs Officer Joel Kaplan. Kaplan emphasises the importance of plans like this to staying ahead of China, America's top AI rival, and setting global AI standards based on American values.
Critics, however, argue that removing safeguards raises concerns over AI safety, transparency, and user privacy. The plan reverses a Biden-era executive order on AI, removing restrictions on powerful AI technologies and notification requirements for companies.
The plan lacks detailed implementation timelines, specific agency responsibilities, and funding pathways at this stage. It focuses more on broad directions and deregulation to accelerate AI adoption and innovation.
According to President Trump, America started the AI race and aims to win it. The strategy was outlined at a tech summit in Washington, marking a bold move in Trump's pursuit of a bold strategy in AI.
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- The AI Action Plan, unveiled by President Donald Trump, proposes a policy-and-legislation focus to advance America's technology sector, specifically addressing artificial-intelligence, particularly in international diplomacy and security, highlighting the importance of setting global AI standards in politics.
- In an effort to boost the economy and maintain U.S. leadership in AI technology, President Trump's plan encourages technology companies to reduce barriers inhibiting AI development and deployment, while also seeking to accelerate innovation by exporting American AI packages.
- The comprehensive AI strategy developed by President Trump, titled "Winning the AI Race: America’s AI Action Plan", seeks to expedite data center and semiconductor facility construction, emphasizing the need for skilled workers like electricians and HVAC technicians, with the aim of building stronger technology infrastructure.
