White House unveils artificial intelligence policy plan

By Reuters | Updated: July 24, 2025

WASHINGTON, July 23 (Reuters) – The White House released an artificial intelligence (AI) policy plan on Wednesday spelling out priorities for the U.S. to achieve “global dominance” in the sector.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan calls for open-source and open-weight AI models to be made freely available by developers for anyone in the world to download and modify.

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The plan also calls for the Commerce Department to research Chinese AI models for alignment with Chinese Communist Party talking points and censorship.

As previously reported by Reuters, it adds the federal government should not allow AI-related federal funding to be directed toward states with “burdensome” regulations.

Reporting by Chris Sanders, writing by Maiya Keidan

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