The Trump administration released a new artificial intelligence blueprint on Wednesday that aims to loosen environmental rules and vastly expand AI exports to allies, in a bid to maintain the American edge over China in the critical technology.

In an interview with The New York Times, the new director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said the test to become a U.S. citizen was too easy.

Last year, Google received approval for some 5,300 new and continuing H-1Bs. Meta received nearly 5,000 approvals, Apple close to 4,000, Intel about 2,500 and Oracle more than 2,000.

The Trump administration on Wednesday unveiled its AI action plan, a package of initiatives and policy recommendations meant to cement the United States as a global leader in a technology that’s expected to be as influential as the internet itself.

The order calls out diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), calling it a “pervasive and destructive” ideology that can “distort the quality and accuracy of the output.”

President Trump is unveiling an “AI Action Plan,” shaped by Silicon Valley tech leaders who supported his campaign.

The agency is closing the Office of Research and Development, which analyzes dangers posed by hazards including toxic chemicals, climate change, smog, wildfires, water pollution and more.

Mar. 17—With Republican President Donald Trump's return to office this year, Big Tech leaders from Silicon Valley's largest companies — all fighting federal anti-monopoly lawsuits launched ...

With Republican President Donald Trump’s return to office this year, Big Tech leaders from Silicon Valley’s largest companies — all fighting federal anti-monopoly lawsuits launched under ...

Trump's plan, which includes 90 recommendations, calls for exporting U.S. AI software and hardware as well as a crackdown on restrictive state laws.