Executive Order 14179: Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence

Executive Order 14179, signed by President donald-j-trump on January 23, 2025, establishes a new direction for U.S. ai-governance by revoking executive-order-14110 and removing what it characterizes as barriers to American AI innovation. The order declares a policy to "sustain and enhance America's global AI dominance" and directs the development of AI systems "free from ideological bias or engineered social agendas."

The order establishes several key requirements:

• Within 180 days, the assistant-to-president-science-technology, special-advisor-ai-crypto, and assistant-to-president-national-security-affairs must develop an ai-action-plan to achieve American AI leadership
• Immediate review of all policies, directives, regulations, and actions taken under the revoked Executive Order 14110, with instructions to suspend, revise, or rescind actions inconsistent with the new policy
• Within 60 days, the omb-director must revise omb-memorandum-m-24-10 and omb-memorandum-m-24-18 to align with the new policy

The order uses the AI definition from 15 U.S.C. 9401(3), referencing the national-artificial-intelligence-initiative-act-2020. It represents a significant policy shift from the comprehensive regulatory approach of Executive Order 14110 toward what it frames as a more innovation-focused stance prioritizing American competitiveness in AI development.