The Trump administration released the AI Action Plan last week, unveiling a new roadmap to AI dominance and global leadership for the US. It highlights actions that remove regulatory barriers to prioritize developing AI...more
7/30/2025
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China ,
Data Centers ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Controls ,
Infrastructure ,
Innovation ,
National Security ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Semiconductors ,
Trump Administration
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which allocates over $1 billion toward advancing the federal government’s use of AI.
The funding package reinforces the administration’s...more
7/14/2025
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China ,
Export Controls ,
Federal Funding ,
National Security ,
New Legislation ,
Popular ,
Semiconductors ,
Technology Sector ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Commerce Department
Parts of the Trump administration’s AI Action Plan were disclosed online, according to reporting from various news outlets. The disclosure of AI.gov, a new federal website aimed to “accelerate government innovation with AI,”...more
On May 19, President Trump signed the TAKE IT DOWN Act into law, which criminalizes the publication of non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII), including AI-generated deepfakes.
The TAKE IT DOWN Act is the first US law to...more
5/23/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Data Centers ,
Deep Fake ,
Export Controls ,
Investment ,
National Security ,
New Legislation ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Technology ,
Trump Administration ,
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
On May 7, the Trump administration announced plans to rescind a Biden-era AI chip export control rule and replace it with a new rule.
“The Biden AI rule is overly complex, overly bureaucratic and would stymie American...more
5/12/2025
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Biden Administration ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Export Controls ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Misleading Statements ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Semiconductors ,
Technology Sector ,
Trump Administration
On April 16, the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) published a report on the Chinese company DeepSeek’s AI model with findings from the committee’s investigation into DeepSeek.
The report...more
4/25/2025
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Biden Administration ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
China ,
Export Controls ,
New Legislation ,
NVIDIA ,
Popular ,
Technology Sector ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Commerce Department
On April 1, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) launched a Section 232 investigation into the national security of semiconductor imports. On April 16, Commerce published a Request for Information (RFI) seeking public...more
4/21/2025
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Biden Administration ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Export Controls ,
Fraud ,
National Security ,
Popular ,
Semiconductors ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Commerce Department
The breakthrough of the Chinese company DeepSeek’s AI model, which rivals leading US AI models but costs a fraction to develop, changes the equation for the Trump administration and calls into question its initial inclination...more
President Biden’s final week in office included three AI actions — a new rule on chip and AI model export controls, an executive order on AI infrastructure and data centers, and an executive order on cybersecurity.
On...more
1/20/2025
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Biden Administration ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Centers ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Controls ,
Final Rules ,
National Security ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Technology Sector
Welcome to this week's issue of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and its government affairs affiliate, ML Strategies.
The accelerating advances in artificial intelligence (“AI”) and the practical,...more
Welcome to this week's issue of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and its government affairs affiliate, ML Strategies.
The accelerating advances in artificial intelligence (“AI”) and the practical,...more