Trump Axes ’Woke AI’ in Federal Systems with Three Executive Orders—Tech Overhaul Begins
In a sweeping move, former President Trump signs three executive orders targeting AI systems deemed 'woke' in federal operations. The orders mandate an immediate purge of algorithms flagged for ideological bias—replacing them with 'neutral' alternatives.
The AI Purge: What’s Changing?
Federal agencies now scramble to audit machine-learning models for progressive leanings—think hiring algorithms, speech filters, and even climate-prediction tools. No timeline given, but insiders whisper 'months, not years.'
Silicon Valley Braces for Fallout
Tech contractors face a gold rush—or a bloodbath. Firms specializing in 'unbiased AI' (whatever that means) already spiking their consulting fees. Meanwhile, civil-rights watchdogs warn of a regression to 'pre-ChatGPT stone age.'
Bonus: Wall Street Rolls Its Eyes
Hedge funds quietly reposition—because nothing pumps tech-stock volatility like politicized algorithms. Spoiler: The 'neutral AI' contractors will somehow all be ex-Goldman quant traders.
Federal AI must avoid ideology, Trump says
The order claims that LLMs are now embedded in how Americans consume and learn information, and if they are allowed to favor political ideologies like DEI, they become dangerous tools that distort truth.
The WHITE House now believes DEI influences AI to generate race or gender-skewed outputs, include themes like transgenderism, critical race theory, intersectionality, unconscious bias, and systemic racism, and reinforce false social narratives.
The executive order includes an example without naming names. It refers to a widely used AI model that reportedly altered the race and sex of historical figures like the pope and Founding Fathers when asked to generate images. This points directly at Google’s Gemini AI, which was pulled in 2024 after users discovered inaccuracies in its historical image generation. Google later pushed out a new version after public criticism.
Trump’s order says the federal government should instead be using “truth-seeking” AI systems that rely on historical facts, scientific accuracy, and are objective in their answers. It also adds that AI must “acknowledge uncertainty” when complete information isn’t available. But when it comes to private sector models, the administration wants to avoid regulating how they work, a hands-off approach that stops short of interfering with business operations.
New orders target innovation, exports, and national security
Trump also signed two other AI-focused executive orders. One is aimed at removing what he called “onerous federal regulations” that delay innovation.
The other order sets up the American AI Exports Program, which is supposed to help U.S. AI companies export their technologies abroad; hardware, software, and all. Both are part of the wider national AI action plan, which is organized under three pillars: speeding up innovation, building infrastructure, and advancing America’s AI dominance in diplomacy and defense.
The timing of these actions follows the U.S. Department of Defense awarding contracts worth up to $200 million to several major AI firms — including Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, and xAI — to help the Pentagon scale up its adoption of advanced AI for national security.
The language of Trump’s “anti-woke” order appears to line up with the branding of xAI, which is led by Elon Musk, Trump’s former best friend and one of his largest donors. Musk’s company is behind Grok, an AI chatbot advertised as “anti-woke” and “truth-seeking.” But Grok has also run into several high-profile problems over the past few weeks.
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