President Donald Trump signed three executive orders Wednesday, focusing on American workers, free speech and protecting U.S. technologies and doing "whatever it takes" to win the AI race.

The suppression or distortion of factual information about race or sex; manipulation of racial or sexual representation in model outputs; incorporation of concepts like critical race theory, transgenderism, unconscious bias, intersectionality, and systemic racism; and discrimination on the basis of race or sex.

The remarks, which came during a keynote speech at a summit hosted by the All-In Podcast, follow President Donald Trump’s newly released AI Action Plan.

White House AI czar David Sacks even commented on the policies, “To win the AI race, the US must lead in innovation, infrastructure, and global partnerships. At the same time, we must center American workers and avoid Orwellian uses of artificial intelligence. This Action Plan provides a roadmap for doing that.”

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday she does not think President Trump supports federal agencies contracting with Elon Musk’s AI company. “I don’t think so,

Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Meta have thrown their weight behind numerous initiatives designed to boost their AI efforts, from an unsuccessful campaign to ban states from regulating the technology for a decade, to lobbying for government support to build vast data centres and new energy sources to power them.

A race is on to influence Washington’s artificial intelligence policies as the industry continues to grow and the new administration encourages embracing the technology in the US. According to an analysis of federal disclosures by the Financial Times,

The AI Action Plan pretty much frees up AI companies to do what they want, but it also supports the use of open source for AI. What that means is one big open question.