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PBS News Hour - Segments

What’s in Trump’s new AI policy and why it matters

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

President Trump unveiled his approach to the development of AI. Surrounded by some of the biggest names in tech, he signed three executive orders. One targets what Trump called "ideological bias" in AI chatbots, another aims to make it easier to build massive AI data centers and the third encourages the export of American AI tech. Amna Nawaz discussed the implications with Will Oremus. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

President Trump today unveiled his broad approach toward faster development of AI,

0:06.0

with new proposals that he says would reduce regulation, accelerate innovation, and position

0:11.0

the U.S. ahead of China.

0:13.0

The president spelled out his vision at an AI summit in Washington a short time ago,

0:17.0

surrounded by some of the biggest names in tech, including Silicon Valley entrepreneur and White House AI and CryptoZar, David Sacks.

0:25.6

Whether we like it or not, we're suddenly engaged in a fast-paced competition to build and define this groundbreaking technology that will determine so much about the future of civilization itself.

0:40.5

America is the country that started the AI race. And as president of the United States,

0:47.5

I'm here today to declare that America is going to win it.

0:52.2

President Trump also planned to sign three executive orders on AI.

0:57.0

One reportedly targets what the administration called

1:00.0

ideological bias in AI chatbots.

1:03.0

Another aims to make it easier to build massive AI data centers and the energy

1:07.0

infrastructure they require.

1:09.0

And a third encourages the export of American AI tech

1:12.8

to foreign countries.

1:14.3

To help us understand the implications

1:16.0

and questions around this approach,

1:18.1

we're joined by Will Oremes.

1:19.8

He is tech reporter at the Washington Post.

1:22.3

Well, thanks for joining us.

1:23.6

You were watching the president's speech just moments ago.

1:26.4

Before we dig into the details,

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