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The White House AI Action Plan: What was announced and what it means

OpenAI’s GPT-5 to launch in August, Microsoft CEO speaks on layoffs for AI push, Google’s AI web guide for search results and more!

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July 24, 2025

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🎙 Daily Podcast Episode: The White House just dropped its AI Action Plan—a bold reversal aiming for global AI dominance and massive deregulation. Discover what these new federal rules mean for American innovation. Give it a listen.

🕵️‍♂️ Fresh Finds: NVIDIA’s plan for AI chip smuggling, OpenAI partners with Canvas education platform and Samsung backs and AI video startup. Read on for Fresh Finds.

🗞 Byte Sized Daily AI News: OpenAI’s GPT-5 to launch in August, Microsoft CEO speaks on layoffs for AI push and Google’s AI web guide for search results. For that and more, read on for Byte Sized News.

🧠 Learn & Leveraging AI: Wondering what to make of the White House’s AI Action Plan? We break down what it means on all levels. Keep reading for that!

↩️ Don’t miss out: Did you miss our last newsletter? We talked about the U.S. Gov. unveiling an AI action plan, Windows 11 adding Copilot Vision update, Amazon shutting down its Chinese AI lab and more. Check it here!

 The White House AI Action Plan: What was announced and what it means đź‡şđź‡¸

The White House JUST released a 20-plus page AI Action Plan. The goal? Beat China.

How does the AI Action Plan work?

Is it actually just words without bite?

And could this AI action plan set off a political firestorm?

Also on the pod today:

• U.S.-China AI Race Dynamics âš”️
• AI Regulations and Political Challenges đź¤”
• AI Bias Debate and GOP Legislation âš–️️

It’ll be worth your 36 minutes:

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Here’s our favorite AI finds from across the web:

New AI Tool Spotlight – SimplAI is an easy and fast way to build AI agents, Scene is an AI-powered website builder, ActionKit lets you equip your AI agents with 1,000 tools.

NVIDIA – NVIDIA speaks on how it’s addressing AI chip smuggling.

OpenAI – OpenAI has partnered with Canvas to bring its AI tools into the platform.

AI Startups – Samsung has backed an AI video startup that can analyze thousands of hours of footage.

AI Tools - Figma’s AI app building tool is now available for everyone.

AI in Science – Here’s how NASA is testing AI to make earth-observing satellites smarter.

AI Talent Wars – Google reverse acquihired Windsurf’s core AI research team amid intense AI talent competition, leading some members to join other startups like Cognition.

1. OpenAI’s GPT-5 To Launch in August 🚀

OpenAI is gearing up to release GPT-5 as soon as early August, following months of anticipation and server preparations by Microsoft. CEO Sam Altman has hinted that GPT-5 delivers breakthrough reasoning capabilities integrated directly into the model, making previous AI versions feel outdated even to experts.

Early tests reveal it can answer complex questions instantly, signaling a major leap in AI intelligence and usability.

2. Microsoft CEO Breaks Silence on Layoffs Amid AI Push 🗣️

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has finally addressed the recent layoffs of up to 9,000 employees, acknowledging the tough decisions and the emotional toll on teams, while emphasizing the company’s strong market position and ongoing investment in AI.

Despite cuts, Nadella notes Microsoft’s headcount remains stable overall, signaling possible further shifts as the company doubles down on security, quality, and AI transformation.

3. Google Launches AI-Powered Web Guide to Organize Search Results 🔍

Google has introduced Web Guide, an AI-driven experiment designed to group search results by relevant topics, making complex queries easier to navigate. Powered by Google’s Gemini AI, this feature offers a fresh way to explore open-ended questions, like travel tips or staying connected across time zones, by clustering related pages into clear categories.

Initially available through Google’s Search Labs for opt-in users on the Web tab, it promises to expand to more search areas soon.

4. China Pushes Brain-Computer Interfaces to Leap Ahead in AI Race 🧠

China is accelerating efforts to merge human cognition with machines using brain-computer interface (BCI) technology, aiming to outpace traditional AI approaches focused on language models. This includes invasive, minimally-invasive, and non-invasive BCIs designed to enhance human-machine collaboration, signaling a bold pivot toward physical integration with AI.

This development challenges the U.S. focus on scaling AI model parameters, suggesting China bets on brain-inspired methods to reach human-level intelligence faster.

5. Anthropic Responds to White House AI Action Plan 🤔

Anthropic has weighed in on the White House’s freshly released "Winning the Race: America’s AI Action Plan," applauding its focus on boosting AI infrastructure and federal adoption while emphasizing safety and security. The company supports the plan’s energy and procurement reforms but stresses that strict export controls—especially on advanced AI chips like NVIDIA’s H20—and transparent AI development standards are critical next steps to protect U.S. leadership.

Anthropic also highlights the importance of broad AI benefits through education and retraining programs, signaling how this plan could impact workforce growth in tech fields.

6. Google Unveils Personalized AI Try-On and Smarter Shopping Alerts đź‘•

Google just launched a new AI-powered virtual try-on feature in the U.S. that lets users upload their own photo to see how clothes will look on them, moving beyond generic model previews.

This builds on their recent Doppl app, which offers even richer AI-generated outfit videos for personal style curation. Alongside, Google introduced enhanced price alerts where shoppers can set exact price, size, and color preferences, streamlining deal hunting.

🦾How You Can Leverage:

The White House just dropped its AI Action plan…. And this could be spicy. 

They just blocked (whatever they call) "woke AI" from receiving federal contracts while promoting free speech at the same time. 

The same administration championing states rights is threatening funding cuts for any state that regulates AI.

And they’re demanding carbon-negative tech companies power data centers with coal.

Spicy and awkward. 

The White House’s 23-page "America's AI Action Plan" just dropped with over 90 policy changes. The plan reverses Biden's safety-first approach using existing executive power.

In short, the strategy targets beating China through deregulation while eliminating political bias and accelerating infrastructure with skeleton crews.

Here’s what you need to know.

1 – Year-End Deadline Meets DOGE Cuts ✂️

All federal AI permits must be approved by December 31st.

The same agencies charged with the work? Yeah…. they just got slashed by federal DOGE cuts.

Smart companies are identifying which agencies control their permits because federal bottlenecks are loading.

Try This:

Map your federal permit dependencies now. Identify specific agencies controlling your AI infrastructure approvals.

Build state-level relationships immediately because when federal systems jam, you need alternative pathways.

2 – State Rights Die at AI Border 💀

This administration champions states rights on abortion and guns.

When it comes to AI, though? 

In the Action Plan, the Trump administration basically threatens funding cuts (or withholding money) for states with "burdensome" AI regulations.

The Senate voted 99-1 against this exact approach last month in budget legislation. Republican governors will prioritize local jobs over federal AI acceleration when agricultural and manufacturing states worry about worker displacement.

First constitutional challenge loads when a red state gets threatened. Get the popcorn out once a Republican governor decides to regulate AI in their state. 

Try This:

Audit your state's regulatory climate immediately. Map states preparing AI legislation conflicting with federal priorities. Consider relocating operations to aligned states before funding battles create chaos.

3 – Open Source Meets Thought Police 🚔

The plan promotes open source AI as essential for innovation.

Sounds great, right? Except the plan then also restricts federal contracts to models "free from ideological bias."

The government will only contract with developers meeting their self-defined ideological criteria. Any company with DEI policies or  published climate priorities could get excluded.

But open source models can be modified by anyone. You cannot guarantee political purity when developers fine-tune weights freely.

Technical impossibility.

Try This:

Strip problematic language from AI training data immediately. Create multiple model versions for different regulatory environments. Document your AI's neutrality before federal evaluations begin.

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