Holding / Framework
Revokes Executive Order 14110 (Biden's Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy AI). Establishes the DEREGULATORY FEDERAL AI FRAMEWORK: rescinds the federal-government AI safety/security testing requirements, foundation-model developer reporting obligations, and centralized federal AI governance architecture established in EO 14110. Many operational artifacts of EO 14110 (NIST AI RMF as a voluntary framework, agency Chief AI Officer roles) are not directly affected and persist as freestanding institutional structures, but their political-policy backing is removed. Notable for the policy whiplash it creates for federal contractors, AI developers, and agencies that built compliance programs around EO 14110.
Triggering Conduct
Issued on Day 1 of the Trump second-term administration as part of a broader rollback of Biden-era executive actions, with stated rationale that prior AI EO regulatory architecture restricted American AI competitiveness.
Primary Source
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/removing-barriers-to-american-leadership-in-artificial-intelligence/ · court_website
Tags
executive_branch, trump_administration, federal_ai_governance, deregulation, eo_14110_revocation, policy_whiplash