A new executive order by President Donald Trump seeks to “turn the United States into the world capital of artificial intelligence.” Trump also ordered the creation of a working group on cryptocurrencies and issued pardons for pro-life activists.
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, signed an executive order related to AI on Thursday to “turn the United States into the world capital of artificial intelligence,” his assistant to journalists in the Oval Office of the White House.
The order establishes a period of 180 days for an artificial intelligence action plan to create a policy “to sustain and improve the global dominance of the AI of the United States in order to promote human flowering, economic competitiveness and national security “
Trump also told his AI advisor and national security assistant to work to eliminate the policies and regulations established by former president Joe Biden.
He also revoked on Monday an executive order of 2023 signed by Biden that sought to reduce the risks of artificial intelligence for consumers, workers and national security.
The Biden order required that AI systems developers represent risks to national security, economy, public health or the security of the United States share the results of security tests with the United States government, according to The Defense Production Law, before they were made public.
Trump also signed an executive order that creates a working group on cryptocurrencies responsible for proposing a new regulatory framework for digital assets and exploring the creation of an arsenal of these assets.
The very expected action also ordered that banking services for cryptocurrency companies be protected and prohibited the creation of digital currencies of central banks that could compete with existing ones.
Trump's order meets a campaign promise to become a “cryptocurrency president and promote the adoption of digital assets.”
This contrasts markedly with Biden regulators who, in an attempt to protect the Americans from fraud and money laundering, took energetic measures against cryptocurrency companies, demanding the Coinbase, Binance, Kraken and Doczas more in court in a court Federal, claiming that they were violating US laws.
The Working Group will be made up of the Secretary of the Treasury, the Attorney General and the presidents of the Bolsa and Securities Commission and the Basic Products Commerce Commission, together with other heads of agencies. The group has the task of developing a regulatory framework for digital assets, including stable currencies, a type of cryptocurrency that is normally linked to the US dollar.
The group is also prepared to “evaluate the possible creation and maintenance of a National Reserve of Digital Assets (…) potentially derived from cryptocurrencies legally seized by the federal government through its efforts to apply the law.”
In December, Trump appointed PayPal David Sacks risky and exexecutive capital investor such as the tsar of cryptocurrencies and artificial intelligence. He will preside over the group, according to the order.
Trump also signed Thursday at the Oval Office of the White House the pardons for 23 protesters against abortion. The measure occurred a day before anti -abortion activists arrive in Washington for the annual march for life.