Donald Trump hit out at “woke, Marxist lunacy” in artificial intelligence models, as he ordered his administration to block companies whose systems exhibit “partisan bias or ideological agendas” from doing business with the US government.
In an executive order signed on Wednesday, the president urged federal agencies not to procure services that “sacrifice truthfulness and accuracy to ideological agendas”, citing instances in which chatbots have allegedly distorted facts in order to satisfy diversity, equity and inclusion policies.
Two separate orders also signed Wednesday mandated the acceleration of data centre permitting and promoted the export of US technology, in a boost to American companies such as Nvidia and AMD.