Trump's order to block 'woke' AI in government encourages tech giants to censor their chatbots


Trump holds a signed executive order after speaking during an AI summit at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium, on July 23, 2025, in Washington. One of Trump’s three AI executive orders signed July 23 – the one "preventing woke AI in the federal government” – marks the first time the US government has explicitly tried to shape the ideological behaviour of AI. — AP

Tech companies looking to sell their artificial intelligence technology to the US federal government must now contend with a new regulatory hurdle: prove their chatbots aren't "woke.”

President Donald Trump's sweeping new plan to counter China in achieving "global dominance” in AI promises to cut regulations and cement American values into the AI tools increasingly used at work and home.

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