July 28, 2025
In July 2025, the White House released its long-awaited National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Plan. The guidance titled Winning the Race: America’s AI Action Plan provides high-level direction for implementing the Trump Administration’s AI priorities, including deregulation, rapid adoption, and building the energy infrastructure necessary to ensure U.S. leadership in AI innovation. Within the next few months OSTP still plans to release a new national AI R&D Strategic Plan.
While the AI Action Plan provides high-level insight into the Trump Administration’s upmost AI considerations, the R&D Strategic Plan will have more direct relevance to the research community, providing insight into R&D priorities and future federal agency investments. The National AI Action Plan presents policy guidance and broad goals while the forthcoming R&D Strategic Plan will provide more details on implementation by key federal science agencies. The AI Action Plan and R&D Strategic Plan will also influence future congressional AI legislation as the Republican-led Congress was waiting for White House priorities before advancing major AI legislation.
Further information on the Action Plan can be found in the Lewis-Burke report.