The writer is director of economic policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute
Wall Street’s confidence in US technological leadership was shaken this week with the unveiling of DeepSeek’s latest artificial intelligence model. The Chinese start-up seemed to come out of nowhere.
This episode should highlight the wisdom of President Donald Trump’s approach to AI. His executive order on the technology is admirably clear: “It is the policy of the United States to sustain and enhance America’s global AI dominance.” He revoked the policies of the Biden administration, which were “to advance and govern the development and use of AI” in accordance with several goals, including “advancing equity” and ensuring that AI does not “worsen job quality” or cause “harmful labour-force disruptions”.