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February 6, 2025
The use of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) in the workplace has spread rapidly since President Trump left the White House in early 2021. In recent years, retail employers have started using AI technology in a variety of ways from automating tasks, to implementing data-driven decision making, to enhancing customer experience. Though the Biden administration started to grapple with the use of AI in the workplace, the second Trump administration could mark a dramatic shift in the federal government’s response to these issues.
The Biden administration took a somewhat cautious approach to the proliferation of AI in the workplace. In response to criticism, including the possibility of AI technology allegedly exhibiting implicit biases in hiring decisions, President Biden issued an executive order on the “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence,” which established parameters for AI usage and directed federal agencies to take steps to protect workers and consumers from the potential harms of AI.
President Trump repealed the Biden Executive order on January 23, 2025, but has not yet implemented his own policy. The Trump Executive Order directs the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and other administration officials to develop an “Artificial Intelligence Action Plan” within 180 days of the order to advance the administration’s policy to “sustain and enhance America’s global AI dominance in order...
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