US govt. sets AI policies across agencies

The US Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued 2 directives specifying policies and deadlines for deploying AI tools that heighten nationalist services, providing a roadmap for implementing US President Donald Trump’s enforcement bid beforehand US “dominance” successful the usage and improvement of artificial intelligence.

According to 2 memorandums from April 3, each authorities agencies “should put successful the AI marketplace and maximize the usage of AI products and services that are developed and produced successful the United States.” The memorandums database assorted deadlines for the adoption of AI, including a 270-day deadline to update policies and procedures.

In aboriginal 2025, Trump took important steps to reshape US policy connected emerging technologies by repealing erstwhile President Joe Biden's 2023 enforcement order on AI information — arguing it imposed excessive regulations that stifled innovation — and declaring his volition to make the US the "world capital"of AI and cryptocurrency. Critics, however, person raised concerns that removing information frameworks could permission the nationalist susceptible to AI-related risks.

OMB memorandum M-25-21. Source: White House

Some communal AI models developed and produced successful the United States see OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, Meta’s Llama, and Elon Musk’s Grok. The directive from the OMB follows Trump’s promises to boost American dominance successful this caller assemblage of technology.

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In January 2025, Trump announced an AI infrastructure project called “Stargate,” aimed astatine gathering AI information centers crossed the country.

The surging request for AI infrastructure has prompted Bitcoin miners to pivot and grow their operations to enactment the increasing needs of the AI sector.

At the aforesaid time, the convergence of AI and blockchain fueled a rally successful AI-related tokens passim 2024. However, that momentum has sharply reversed successful 2025. Despite continued enthusiasm astir AI’s semipermanent potential, tokens linked to the exertion person seen steep losses, shedding implicit 42% of their marketplace headdress implicit the past 12 months, according to information from CoinMarketCap.

Performance of apical AI and large information tokens. Source: CoinMarketCap

Market absorption has shifted toward memecoins, portion broader macroeconomic uncertainty has stoked fearfulness crossed superior markets.

For the Trump administration, winning the AI contention continues to beryllium a priority. In April 2025, David Sacks, the White House’s AI and crypto czar, said that the merchandise of Meta’s Llama 4 puts the US backmost successful presumption to triumph the AI race. That contention had been upended successful January 2025 with the merchandise of DeepSeek, an AI instrumentality produced successful China.

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