Trump Orders Development of AI Action Plan After Revoking Biden’s Directive

The action plan will focus on developing AI systems that are ‘free from ideological bias,’ according to Trump’s executive order.

David Sacks, U.S. President Donald Trump's "AI and Crypto Czar", speaks with President Trump during the signing of a series of executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on Jan. 23, 2025. Trump signed a range of executive orders pertaining to issues including crypto currency, Artificial Intelligence, and clemency for anti-abortion activists. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Thursday calling for the creation of a new artificial intelligence (AI) action plan after revoking the Biden administration’s 2023 directive on the technology.

Trump’s order directed the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology (APST), special advisor for AI and crypto, and the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (APSNA) to develop the plan within 180 days.