Winning the Race: America’s AI Action Plan
Winning the Race AMERICA’S AI ACTION PLAN
America’s AI Action Plan outlines a comprehensive national strategy for the United States to achieve and maintain global dominance in artificial intelligence across three core pillars: innovation, infrastructure, and international diplomacy and security. It directs federal agencies to eliminate burdensome regulations, foster open-source and open-weight AI, streamline environmental permitting for data centers and energy infrastructure, and protect critical technologies through export controls. Furthermore, the plan prioritizes workforce readiness, scientific datasets, biosecurity measures, and the adoption of AI within the federal government and Department of Defense.
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Who issued it
Who it governs
Federal policymakers, agency leaders, and researchers looking to understand the United States government's strategic priorities for artificial intelligence governance and development.
What the document contains
The document covers a strategic roadmap for U.S. artificial intelligence policy, addressing regulatory reform, open-source and open-weight AI models, workforce retraining, scientific datasets, infrastructure permitting, electrical grid upgrades, semiconductor manufacturing, national security evaluations, and international export controls.
The text does not contain civil liability rules for private individuals, consumer privacy rights outside of federal data frameworks, or specific domestic legislation passed by Congress, as it focuses on executive branch policy recommendations.
- The United States must achieve and maintain unquestioned global technological dominance in artificial intelligence.
- Regulatory burdens on AI innovation should be removed or minimized to allow the private sector to flourish.
- Massive investments in AI infrastructure, including energy generation, data centers, and semiconductor manufacturing, are required to support AI growth.
- International diplomacy and export controls must be utilized to export American AI to allies and prevent adversaries from acquiring advanced compute resources.
· Introduction · Pillar I: Accelerate AI Innovation · Pillar II: Build American AI Infrastructure · Pillar III: Lead in International AI Diplomacy and Security
How it scores
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Human Oversight
1/5Humans remain in control of consequential decisions
AI will improve the lives of Americans by complementing their work—not replacing it.
Introduction
screening score · 2026-10-23
Privacy
2/5Protection of personal data and private life
This system would allow any Federal agency to easily choose among multiple models in a manner compliant with relevant privacy, data governance, and transparency laws.
Accelerate AI Adoption in Government
screening score · 2026-10-23
Enforcement
4/5Consequences and compliance mechanisms with real force
Require all institutions receiving Federal funding for scientific research to use nucleic acid synthesis tools and synthesis providers that have robust nucleic acid sequence screening and customer verification procedures. Create enforcement mechanisms for this requirement rather than relying on voluntary attestation.
Invest in Biosecurity
screening score · 2026-10-23
Impact Assessment
4/5Required assessment of an AI system's risks/impacts before or during use
Evaluate frontier AI systems for national security risks in partnership with frontier AI developers, led by CAISI at DOC in collaboration with other agencies with relevant expertise in CBRNE and cyber risks.
Ensure that the U.S. Government is at the Forefront of Evaluating National Security Risks in Frontier Models
screening score · 2026-10-23