Artificial Intelligence Executive Order: Workplace Implications
By Michelle Capezza, Evan M. Piercey, Corbin Carter, David R. Lagasse for the Mintz Insights blog, February 12, 2025
President Trump’s executive order entitled Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence (the “Trump AI Order”) seeks to create “a path for the United States to act decisively to retain global leadership in artificial intelligence.” The Trump AI Order purports to “revoke certain existing AI policies and directives that act as barriers to AI innovation,” although it does not shed light on any specific policies and directives that are revoked by virtue of the order.
The Trump AI Order also comes in the wake of President Trump’s earlier Executive Order revoking several Biden-era orders, most notably including President Biden’s Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (the “Biden AI Order”), which had directed federal agencies to undertake various initiatives and studies regarding the uses, benefits, and potential pitfalls of AI. While the Trump AI Order broadly impacts AI-policy on multiple levels, this advisory focuses on its impact on the U.S. workforce.
