On February 6, the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy (“OSTP”) and National Science Foundation (“NSF”) issued a Request for Information (“RFI”) seeking public input on the “Development of an Artificial Intelligence Action Plan.” The RFI marks a first step toward the implementation of the Trump Administration’s January 23 Executive Order 14179, “Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence” (the “EO”). Specifically, the EO directs Assistant to the President for Science & Technology (and OSTP Director nominee) Michael Kratsios, White House AI & Crypto Czar David Sacks, and National Security Advisor Michael Waltz to “develop and submit to the President an action plan” to achieve the EO’s policy of “sustain[ing] and enhance[ing] America’s global AI dominance” to “promote human flourishing, economic competitiveness, and national security.”
The RFI calls for public input on “the highest priority policy actions that should be in the new AI Action Plan,” while noting that the Trump Administration’s January 20 EO 14148 revoked the Biden Administration’s October 2023 AI EO on the “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence” due to its “burdensome government requirements restricting private sector AI development and deployment.” Although responses are invited to address any relevant AI policy topic, the RFI lists 20 AI policy topics for potential public comment:
- Hardware and chips,
- Data centers,
- Energy consumption and efficiency,
- Model development,
- Open source development,
- Application and use in the private sector or by government,
- Explainability and assurance of AI model outputs,
- Cybersecurity,
- Data privacy and security throughout the AI system development and deployment lifecycle, including security against AI model attacks,
- Risks,
- Regulation and governance,
- Technical and safety standards,
- National security and defense,
- Research and development,
- Education and workforce,
- Innovation and competition,
- Intellectual property,
- Procurement,
- International collaboration, and
- Export controls.
The RFI encourages respondents to “suggest concrete AI policy actions” for these topics. Responses to the RFI are due on March 15, 2025. Under the EO, the finalized AI Action Plan must be submitted to the President by mid-October of 2025.
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