Picture this: You ask an AI to show you images of judges, and it depicts only 3 percent as women — even though 34 percent of federal judges are women. Or imagine an AI that’s more likely to recommend harsh criminal sentences for people who use expressions rooted in Black vernacular cultures. Now imagine that same AI instructed to ignore climate impacts or treating Russian propaganda as credible information.
This isn’t science fiction. The bias problems are happening right now with existing AI systems. And under President Trump’s new artificial intelligence policies, all these problems could get much worse — while potentially handing the U.S.’s tech leadership to China.
The Trump administration’s AI Action Plan, released alongside executive orders on July 23, 2025, doesn’t just strip