The new framework suggests a strong US open-source AI network has “geostrategic value” because it could underpin businesses and academic research globally.

The AI Action Plan pretty much frees up AI companies to do what they want, but it also supports the use of open source for AI. What that means is one big open question.

After months of reckless accelerationist rhetoric from the Trump administration, expectations for the AI Action Plan were rock bottom. Observers — myself included — were braced for a plan that wouldn’t even pay lip service to the potential risks from AI,