Trump cancels Biden’s AI executive order | Tracer Tecz

Within his first day of the presidency, Donald Trump rescinded a 2023 executive order passed by predecessor Joe Biden, that aimed at avoiding future harms AI may cause to consumer protection, employment, and security. After receiving Biden’s executive order, the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) was tasked to write guidance that would assist companies pinpoint and work around shortcomings in models, including built-in biases.

The executive order also mandated that developers of AI systems provide the safety tests results to the U.S. government before releasing them to the public. Trump’s supporters claimed the reporting requirements are burdensome and it made companies report their trade secrets anyhow. In election campaigns, Trump painted out his policies towards ‘AI development that should be based on free speech with the goal to better people’s lives’ but failed to elaborate on them.

Repeal of Executive Orders

Donald Trump is expected to rescind all executive orders from the Biden Administration within the first hours of his oaths.

He stated a desire to implement multiple orders as soon as possible rather than repeatedly Throughout weeks, use of multiple orders to indicated prompt implementation.

Focus on Merit System

Trump’s plan is to get rid of any DEI requirements in workers as well as policy makers and industries, and give back to the traditional American merit based system.

Speaking of the merit system he mentioned the case in Supreme Court that corresponds to the importance of the merit in the processes of staff hiring.

This will give a shift of emphasis on characters, competency and educational qualification therefore increasing skill-tracing instead of diversity mandates.

Credit: edition.cnn.com