Donald Trump's first week: These are all the executive orders he signed that impact tech
euronews.comThe first week of Donald Trump’s new mandate as US president wrapped up with a series of executive orders signed to promote science and technology.
The president prioritised a $500 billion (€476 billion) deal for investments in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, the formation of a digital assets advisory council, and postponed a TikTok ban in his first announcements.
In just under a week, this is what’s been done or announced by the Trump administration so far.
President Trump's most recent move is an executive order that revokes some Biden-era policies that the administration says "act as barriers to American AI innovation".
The executive order signed on January 23 gives high-ranking officials in Trump’s administration six months to formulate an AI action plan that will let the country develop systems "free from ideological bias or engineered social agendas".
Trump also gives his administration time to review all of the policies implemented under Biden’s previous executive order and "suspend, revise or rescind" those that don’t agree with Trump’s AI vision.
EU technology diplomat previously told Euronews Next that revoking Biden’s executive order was one of the only promises Trump made about AI on the campaign trail.
Those experts also said the US AI Safety Institute, a body created under Biden’s previous executive order that researches the safe implementation of AI systems, could be at risk of being shut down.
Trump also established the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), a council of 24 experts that will help the administration with "charting a path forward for American leadership in science and technology".
This council is not a new effort; it works with each incoming US
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