For the past 4 years, the Trump Administration has been committed to strengthening American leadership in artificial intelligence (AI). After recognizing the strategic importance of AI to the Nation’s future economy and security, the Trump Administration issued the first ever national AI strategy, committed to doubling AI research investment, established the first-ever national AI research institutes, released the world’s first AI regulatory guidance, forged new international AI alliances, and established guidance for Federal use of AI.
Key Strategic Documents
- Launching of the National AI Initiative Office , January 12, 2021
- NSTC Select Committee on AI Charter , updated, January 5, 2021
- Executive Order Promoting the Use of Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence in the Federal Government, December 2020
- White House Guidance for Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Applications, November 2020
- Recommendations for Leveraging Cloud Computing Resources for Federally Funded Artificial Intelligence Research and Development, November 2020
- American AI Initiative: Year One Annual Report, February 2020
- DOT and White House OSTP Strategy on Ensuring American Leadership in Automated Vehicle Technologies 4.0, January 2020
- NOAA Artificial Intelligence Strategy, November 2019
- 2016-2019 Progress Report on Advancing Artificial Intelligence R&D, November 2019
- NITRD Supplement to the President’s FY 2020 Budget, September 2019
- Air Force Annex to DoD Artificial Intelligence Strategy, September 2019
- Summary of the 2019 White House Summit on Artificial Intelligence in Government, September 2019
- U.S. Leadership in AI: A Plan for Federal Engagement in Developing Technical Standards and Related Tools, August 2019
- National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Strategic Plan: 2019 Update, June 2019
- Executive Order to Maintain American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence, February 2019
- Department of Defense Artificial Intelligence Strategy, February 2019
- Director of National Intelligence’s Augmenting Intelligence Using Machines (AIM) Initiative, January 2019
- 5-Year STEM Education Strategic Plan, December 2018
- Preparing for the Future of Transportation: Automated Vehicles 3.0, October 2018
- National Defense Strategy, October 2018
- Executive Order Establishing the President’s Council for the American Worker, July 19, 2018
- Summary of the 2018 White House Summit on Artificial Intelligence for American Industry, May 10, 2018
- NSTC Select Committee on AI Charter, May 10, 2018
- National Security Strategy, December 2017
- A Vision for Safety 2.0: Automated Driving Systems, August 12, 2017
- Executive Order Expanding Apprenticeships in America, June 15, 2017
White House Fact Sheets
- President Trump’s FY 2021 Budget Commits to Double Investments in Key Industries of the Future, February 11, 2020
- Summary of the AI Executive Order, February 11, 2019
- Fact Sheet on AI: President Trump is Accelerating America’s Leadership in AI, February 11, 2019
- AI for the American People, May 10, 2018
- President Trump is Standing Up for American Innovation, March 22, 2018
- Unmanned Aerial System Pilot Program, October 25, 2017
Informational
- Artificial Intelligence & Quantum Information Science R&D Summary: Fiscal years 2020-2021
- NITRD Supplement to the President’s FY 2021 Budget, August 14, 2020
- Op-Ed on the Global Partnership on AI (Wall Street Journal), May 27, 2020
- Op-Ed on AI Regulation (Bloomberg), January 8, 2020
- Op-Ed on AI Executive Order (Wired), February 11, 2019
- Comments Received in Response to the Request for Information on Update to the 2016 National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Strategic Plan, December 19, 2018
- Update from the NSTC Select Committee on AI, November 30, 2018
- Request for Information on Update to the 2016 National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Strategic Plan, September 26, 2018
- Summary of UAS Pilot Program, October 25, 2017
- Op-Ed on Drone Pilot Program (Wall Street Journal), October 25, 2017
International
- Declaration of U.S. and UK Cooperation in AI R&D, September 25, 2020
- G7 Science and Technology Ministers’ Declaration on COVID-19, May 2020
- G7 Biarritz Strategy for an Open, Free and Secure Digital Transformation, August 2019
- G20 AI Principles, June 2019
- OECD AI Principles, May 2019
- G7 Innovation Minister’s Statement, March 2018
- ICT and Industry Ministerial Statement, September 2017
- US-UK Science and Technology Agreement, September 2017
Speeches, Testimony, and Interviews
- Remarks by Michael Kratsios (Chief Technology Officer of the United States) at Web Summit 2019 in Lisbon, November 7, 2019
- Remarks by Michael Kratsios (Chief Technology Officer of the United States) on Non-Defense AI R&D Spending, September 18, 2019
- Remarks by Michael Kratsios (Deputy Assistant to the President for Technology Policy) on OECD AI Principles, May 22, 2019
- Remarks by Michael Kratsios (Deputy Assistant to the President for Technology Policy) on the launch of the American AI Initiative, at the Center for New American Security, February 28, 2019
- Statement by Dana Deasy (DoD Chief Information Officer) before the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities for the House Armed Services Committee, December 11, 2018
- Testimony of Dr. Jim Kurose (NSF Assistant Director, Computer and Information Science and Engineering) before the Subcommittee on Information Technology for the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, U.S. House of Representatives, March 7, 2018
- Remarks of Dr. France Cordova, NSF Director, at the NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference, November 1, 2017