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Executive Order on Maintaining American Leadership in AI


Added by:   National contact point
Added on:   09 Jul 2025
Updated by:   OECD analyst
Updated on:   25 Dec 2025

This Executive Order outlined the policy of the U.S. government to sustain and enhance the scientific, technological, and economic leadership position of the U.S. in AI R&D and deployment through a co-ordinated Federal government strategy, the American AI Initiative.

Name in original language

Executive Order on Maintaining American Leadership in AI

Initiative overview

The initiative has the following objective(s):To drive technological breakthroughs in AI across the Federal government, industry, and academia in order to promote scientific discovery, economic competitiveness, and national security.To develop appropriate technical standards and reduce barriers to the safe testing and deployment of AI technologies in order to enable the creation of new AI-related industries and the adoption of AI by today's industries.To train current and future generations of American workers with the skills to develop and apply AI technologies to prepare them for today's economy and jobs of the future.To foster public trust and confidence in AI technologies and protect civil liberties, privacy, and American values in their application in order to fully realize the potential of AI technologies for the American people.To promote an international environment that supports American AI research and innovation and open markets for American AI industries, while protecting our technological advantage in AI and protecting our critical AI technologies from acquisition by strategic competitors and adversarial nations.

Name of responsible organisation (in English)

Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)

About the policy initiative


Organisation:

  • Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)

Category:

  • Regulations, guidelines and standards

Initiative type:

  • Guidance document (instructions on how to implement a law, regulation, policy or other rule)

Status:

  • Active

Start Year:

  • 2019

Binding:

  • Non-binding

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