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Trump to deliver speech on AI priorities

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White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks will join his

co-hosts on the 'All-In' podcast to highlight efforts

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Trump expected to take more actions in upcoming weeks to

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tech giants power AI industry

(Adds White House comments, release of AI plan throughout)

By Jarrett Renshaw and Alexandra Alper

July 23 (Reuters) -

The Trump administration released a new

artificial intelligence

blueprint on Wednesday that aims to deregulate the industry

and makes it easier and less risky for U.S. companies to export

their technologies to foreign countries.

President Donald Trump will mark the plan's release with a

speech outlining the importance of winning an AI race that is

increasingly seen as a defining feature of 21st-century

geopolitics, with both China and the United States investing

heavily in the industry to secure economic and military

superiority.

The plan, which includes some 90 recommendations, calls for the

export of U.S. AI technology abroad and a crackdown on state

laws deemed too restrictive to let it flourish, a marked

departure from predecessor Joe Biden's "high fence" approach

that limited global access to coveted AI chips.

The administration said it plans to partner with the AI

industry to create export packages of chips and software for

America's friends and allies.

"We're establishing a program led by the departments of

Commerce and State to partner with industry to deliver secure

full-stack AI export packages, including hardware models,

software applications and standards to America's friends and

allies around the world," said Michael Kratsios, head of the

Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Trump will incorporate some of the plan's recommendations

into executive orders that will be signed ahead of his speech,

according to two sources familiar with the plans. Trump directed

his administration in January to develop the plan.

Top administration officials such as Secretary of State

Marco Rubio and White House National Economic Adviser Kevin

Hassett are also expected to join the event titled "Winning the

AI Race," organized by White House AI and crypto czar David

Sacks and his co-hosts on the "All-In" podcast, according to an

event schedule reviewed by Reuters.

The event will be hosted by the Hill and Valley Forum, an

informal supper club whose deep-pocketed members helped propel

Trump's campaign and sketched out a road map for his AI policy

long before he was elected.

Trump is expected to take additional actions in the upcoming

weeks that will help Big Tech secure the vast amounts of

electricity it needs to power the energy-guzzling data centers

needed for the rapid expansion of AI, Reuters previously

reported.

U.S. power demand is hitting record highs this year after

nearly two decades of stagnation as AI and cloud computing data

centers balloon in number and size across the country.

The new plan seeks to bar federal funding from going to states

with tough AI rules and ask the Federal Communications

Commission to assess whether state laws conflict with its

mandate, according to the summary.

Trump wants to remove barriers to AI expansion, in stark

contrast to Biden, who feared U.S. adversaries like China could

harness AI chips produced by companies like Nvidia ( NVDA ) and

AMD to supercharge its military and harm allies.

Biden, who left office in January, imposed a raft of

restrictions on U.S. exports of AI chips to China and other

countries that it feared could divert the semiconductors to

America's top global rival.

Trump rescinded Biden's executive order aimed at promoting

competition, protecting consumers and ensuring AI was not used

for misinformation. He also rescinded Biden's so-called AI

diffusion rule, which capped the amount of American AI computing

capacity that some countries were allowed to obtain via U.S. AI

chip imports.

In May, Trump announced deals with the United Arab Emirates that

gave the Gulf country expanded access to advanced artificial

intelligence chips from the United States after previously

facing restrictions over Washington's concerns that China could

access the technology.