July 23, 2025executive orderTechnology PolicyAI RegulationCivil Libertiestechnologyexecutive powercivil liberties
Trump administration cuts AI safety rules and demands ideological neutrality
The Trump administration rescinded the Biden-era AI executive order establishing safety testing and reporting requirements for large AI models and issued a new directive requiring federal AI systems to demonstrate ideological neutrality. The new policy eliminated mandatory red-team testing and bias audits, while directing agencies to avoid AI outputs that could be characterized as politically biased against conservative viewpoints.