Like the definition of an old man in a hurry, since his inauguration Donald Trump has been pumping out orders and vetoes like Lieutenant Kilgore summoning napalm strikes in Apocalypse Now. Such has been the shock-and-awe of his legislative blitz, some of Trump’s less newsworthy diktats have gone nearly unnoticed. But hidden away in one White House document, dated January 20 2025, and titled ‘INITIAL RESCISSIONS OF HARMFUL EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND ACTIONS’ is a policy switch that might save us all.
You have to scroll down the list of ‘harmful’ executive orders made by Biden – now being rolled back – to get to this jewel. But there it is – with one flourish of the Oval Office pen, Trump has wiped away Biden’s Executive Order 14110 of October 30, 2023 (Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence).
Why is this big? Surely an attempt to regulate this potent new technology and ensure its safety is a good thing? Certainly, if you read what Biden supposedly intended, it does look benign.
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