Championing Innovation
Biden’s order broke ground by attempting, among other things, to establish standards for detecting AI-generated content, protect user privacy, lower cases of algorithmic discrimination and address concerns around national security.
At the time, White House Chief of Staff Bruce Reed claimed it to be the “strongest set of actions” any government had taken to safeguard AI (although the EU AI Act 2023 had been passed earlier in the year).
However, the 2024 Republican Party Platform upon which Trump built his campaign to return to the presidency clearly laid out the GOP’s thoughts on and intentions for the order as part of its plans to ‘Champion Innovation’:
“We will repeal Joe Biden’s dangerous Executive Order that hinders AI Innovation, and imposes Radical Leftwing ideas on the development of this technology. In its place, Republicans support AI Development rooted in Free Speech and Human Flourishing.” – 2024 Republican Party Platform
