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CousinIT

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Wed Jul 23, 2025, 06:02 PM Jul 2025

Beware the "woke" AI: Trump AI policy is anti-environment, anti-woke:

And...ANY state that tries to regulate AI at all will be denied gov't funding.

https://www.axios.com/pro/tech-policy/2025/07/23/white-house-releases-ai-action-plan

Trump insists that any/all AI in the US has zero reference to DEI or climate change, as coal plants are built next to massive data centers to serve AI compute power, destroying the planet and AI's potential in the process.

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. . .The action plan states that "the Federal government should not allow AI-related federal funding to be directed toward states with burdensome AI regulations that waste these funds, but should also not interfere with states' rights to pass prudent laws that are not unduly restrictive to innovation."

It's a nod to what Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz tried to do via reconciliation, but faced too much backlash.
The administration will put out a request for information on federal regulations it views as impeding AI innovation.

Per the report, any state laws that the Trump administration deems in conflict with the federal standards set out in the Communications Act could be used as the basis to deny funding.

OMB will work with all federal agencies with AI-related discretionary funding to ensure "they consider a state's AI regulatory climate" when making funding decisions.

AI and free speech: At the federal level, the plan calls to change procurement standards for AI deemed too liberal or "woke" and to update the AI risk management framework to delete mentions of DEI, misinformation and climate change.


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Beware the "woke" AI: Trump AI policy is anti-environment, anti-woke: (Original Post) CousinIT Jul 2025 OP
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