US Trump to AI Companies: Want Federal Funds? Your Chatbot Can't Be 'Woke'

The Trump administration is reportedly planning a new executive order targeting chatbots that are "woke," a term co-opted by conservatives to describe left-leaning viewpoints.The Wall Street Journal reports that the order comes in response to what administration officials see as a "liberal bias" in some AI models, and would mean that AI companies getting federal contracts would need to be "politically neutral and unbiased" in their models.Many of the largest US AI firms have signed lucrative government contracts. Earlier this month, the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) awarded Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, and xAI with contracts worth up to $200 million "to accelerate Department of Defense (DoD) adoption of advanced AI capabilities to address critical national security challenges.". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.