The White House has unveiled an action plan to help the U.S. achieve global dominance in artificial intelligence.
The White House said Wednesday the AI Action Plan outlines over 90 federal policy actions across three pillars: accelerating AI innovation; building American AI infrastructure; and leading in international AI diplomacy and security.
“This plan galvanizes Federal efforts to turbocharge our innovation capacity, build cutting-edge infrastructure, and lead globally, ensuring that American workers and families thrive in the AI era. We are moving with urgency to make this vision a reality,” said Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and a two-time Wash100 awardee.
David Sacks, the White House’s AI and crypto czar and a 2025 Wash100 Award recipient, said the AI Action Plan provides a roadmap for the U.S. to lead in innovation, global partnerships and infrastructure to win the AI race.
Accelerate AI Innovation
Key policies to advance AI innovation include removing red tape and onerous regulation; ensuring that frontier AI protects free speech and American values; and encouraging open-source and open-weight AI.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order to ensure that AI models that the federal government acquires prioritize truthfulness and ideological neutrality.
“These clear-cut policy goals set expectations for the Federal Government to ensure America sets the technological gold standard worldwide, and that the world continues to run on American technology,” said Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a 2025 Wash100 awardee.
Build American AI Infrastructure
Under this second pillar, key policies include creating streamlined permitting for data centers, semiconductor manufacturing facilities and energy infrastructure while guaranteeing security; restoring American semiconductor manufacturing; developing a grid to match the pace of AI innovation; and bolstering critical infrastructure cybersecurity.
Under an EO signed Wednesday, agencies are being directed to streamline environmental reviews and the permitting process for data centers by leveraging existing exemptions and developing new ones to speed up the construction of Qualifying Projects. The order also promotes the use of Brownfield and Superfund sites for data center development and includes the launch of an initiative to provide loans, tax incentives, grants and other financial support for Qualifying Projects.
Lead in International AI Diplomacy & Security
The third pillar’s policy actions include exporting American AI tools to allies and partners; countering Chinese influence in international governance bodies; strengthening AI compute export control enforcement; and investing in biosecurity.
The president on Wednesday signed another executive order directing the secretary of Commerce to establish and implement the American AI Exports Program to drive the development and deployment of full-stack AI export packages.
