January 22nd, 2025

White House Executive Order on AI Has Been Rescinded

On January 20, 2025, the President issued an executive order rescinding previous administration actions, criticizing DEI initiatives, addressing inflation, and mandating reviews of national security policies to enhance governance.

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White House Executive Order on AI Has Been Rescinded

On January 20, 2025, the President issued an executive order to rescind several executive orders and actions from the previous administration, which were deemed harmful and unpopular. The order criticizes the previous administration's focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), claiming it has led to a divisive hierarchy and has negatively impacted federal institutions. It also addresses concerns about border policies and climate regulations, attributing inflation and burdens on businesses to these practices. The rescinded orders include those related to racial equity, COVID-19 response, and various social policies. The executive order mandates agency heads to cease the implementation of DEI ideologies and requires a review of national security memoranda for potential rescission. The goal of these actions is to restore what the current administration views as common sense governance and to enhance American prosperity. The order emphasizes a commitment to reviewing and amending federal actions to align with its policy objectives.

- The President's executive order rescinds numerous actions from the previous administration.

- The order criticizes DEI initiatives as harmful and divisive.

- It aims to address inflation and regulatory burdens attributed to prior policies.

- Agency heads are instructed to halt DEI implementation and review national security policies.

- The administration seeks to restore common sense governance and improve American prosperity.

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By @1659447091 - 3 months
Some of these seem to be done to satisfy a desire to "undo" the administration that was "stolen". I can see how the climate one, the access to voting ones, and anti-discrimination ones got eliminated as that is what they have been selling, but these:

* Executive Order 14006 of January 26, 2021 (Reforming Our Incarceration System To Eliminate the Use of Privately Operated Criminal Detention Facilities)

* Executive Order 14052 of November 15, 2021 (Implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act)

* Executive Order 14060 of December 15, 2021 (Establishing the United States Council on Transnational Organized Crime)

* Executive Order 14082 of September 12, 2022 (Implementation of the Energy and Infrastructure Provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022)

* Executive Order 14087 of October 14, 2022 (Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Americans)

[added] the title of this is not what is linked, the AI one is in there somewhere but this is a large laundry list of rescinded orders for the last 4 years. Title is "INITIAL RESCISSIONS OF HARMFUL EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND ACTIONS" Executive order

By @adamredwoods - 3 months
To be fair, that was one large executive order with a lot of nuances.

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/11/01/2023-24...

By @kube-system - 3 months
Does this mean KYC for foreign actors training AI models on US cloud providers is no longer a thing?
By @onewheeltom - 3 months
Which presidential orders did Trump leave in place and why? Much more interesting than what he rescinded.