President Trump’s action revoking former President Biden's executive order on AI safety raises expectations for corporate boards to closely monitor technology risks.

President Trump’s executive order on January 23rd follows his repeal of Biden’s AI executive order, directing reviews of relevant work by federal departments and agencies.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday revoked a 2023 executive order signed by Joe Biden that sought to reduce the risks that artificial intelligence poses to consumers, workers and national security.

Read about President Trump's executive order that directs the development of an AI action plan and revokes existing directives.

Titled "Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence," this new order follows after Trump revoked the Biden Administration's 2023 AI safety order, which was intended to make sure these systems don't harm national security or humanity itself.

The order calls for the development of an AI action plan and sets up a process for revoking actions taken under President Biden’s previous AI executive order signed in October 2023.