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December 16, 2025
Thoughts on America’s AI Action Plan
Today, the White House released "Winning the Race: America's AI Action Plan"—a comprehensive strategy to maintain America's advantage in AI development. We are encouraged by the plan’s focus on accelerating AI infrastructure and federal adoption, as well as strengthening safety testing and security coordination. Many of the plan’s recommendations reflect Anthropic’s response to the Office of Science and Technology Policy’s (OSTP) prior request for information. While the plan positions America for AI advancement, we believe strict export controls and AI development transparency standards remain crucial next steps for securing American AI leadership.
TL;DR
- The White House's 'Winning the Race: America's AI Action Plan' focuses on accelerating AI infrastructure and federal adoption, and strengthening safety testing and security coordination.
- Anthropic applauds the plan's alignment with its recommendations on streamlining data center permitting, expanding domestic energy capacity, and increasing federal AI adoption.
- The plan's emphasis on broad participation in AI benefits, including the National AI Research Resource (NAIRR) pilot and retraining programs, is supported.
- Anthropic commends the plan's focus on secure AI development, including research into AI interpretability, control systems, and adversarial robustness.
- The article stresses the need for basic AI development transparency requirements, such as public reporting on safety testing, and a national standard for these requirements.
- Strong concerns are raised regarding the administration's reversal on the export of Nvidia H20 chips to China, arguing it would undermine American AI leadership.
- Anthropic advocates for maintaining export controls on the H20 chip to prevent foreign adversaries from accessing critical AI computing capabilities.
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