In tandem with a presidential speech on Wednesday, the Trump administration is set to roll out its “AI Action Plan,” and new executive orders on AI are expected.

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President Donald Trump’s artificial intelligence plan — due out this week — is shaping up to be a lot like his “energy dominance” platform. The AI Action Plan will include cutting back environmental requirements and streamlining permitting policies to make it easier to build data centers and power infrastructure, Mohar Chatterjee reports.

Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, and xAI recently secured Defense Department contracts worth up to $200 million. A planned executive order could put those funds in jeopardy if they don't fall in line.

On Wednesday, the Trump administration is expected to announce its AI policy. Here's how we got here - and what might happen next.

Oracle and OpenAI expand Stargate project with 4.5 gigawatts of data center capacity, part of a $500 billion U.S. AI infrastructure investment creating over 100,000 jobs.

Tech’s strength has people talking about bubbles once again—and not without evidence. Consider: The top 10 companies in the S&P 500 today are more overvalued than they were during the dot-com era.

The Stargate venture, introduced at a White House event, is now setting the more modest goal of building a small data center by year-end