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Executive Order 14179 (Removing Barriers to American AI Leadership)

Sets the policy 'to sustain and enhance America's global AI dominance', orders a review of everything done under the revoked EO 14110 so agencies can suspend, revise or rescind it, and required an AI Action Plan within 180 days. Later orders, including EO 14365, build on it.

At a glance

In force
Jurisdiction
United States
Type
Executive order
Official title
Executive Order 14179 of January 23, 2025: Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence

What this means for you

If you build AI

  • Federal policy favors fewer AI rules; actions taken under the old Biden order were reviewed and could be suspended or rescinded.
  • The order itself places no new duties on companies.

If you deploy AI

  • Expect federal agencies to adopt AI faster and buy more of it, under OMB memos issued to carry this order out.

If you use AI

  • This order does not create rights for individuals; it changes how the federal government approaches AI.

Key dates

  1. Jan 31, 2025PastPublished in the Federal Register (90 FR 8741)Source
  2. Jul 23, 2025PastWhite House releases America's AI Action Plan, the plan this order requiredSource

Status history

  1. Jan 23, 2025In forceSigned by President Trump; effective on signingSource

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