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Advocating For American Dominance in AI

THE WHITEBOARD

• Trump Admin Releases RFI on AI Action Plan
• Vice President Vance in Europe Outlines AI Positions
• Who has Banned DeepSeek so far?
• Bipartisan House Bill to Ban DeepSeek usage by Federal Employees
• Senate Bill Instructing HHS Secretary to Prepare for AI Threats
• House Resolution to Penalize Robocallers Using AI
• NAIA Leadership: Co-Founder & Senior Advisor Ron Wright
• Member Focus: Maria White, CEO of Enablement Dojo
• Coming Soon! NAIA Member Virtual MeetUp and Our Membership Pasts the 250 mark in the First Month

THE ADMINISTRATION

Administration Releases Request for Information (RFI) on Artificial Intelligence Action Plan

"On behalf of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), the NITRD NCO requests input from all interested parties on the Development of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Plan (“Plan”). This Plan, as directed by a Presidential Executive Order on January 23, 2025, will define the priority policy actions needed to sustain and enhance America's AI dominance, and to ensure that unnecessarily burdensome requirements do not hamper private sector AI innovation. Through this Request for Information (RFI), OSTP and NITRD NCO seek input from the public, including from academia, industry groups, private sector organizations, state, local, and tribal governments, and any other interested parties, on priority actions that should be included in the Plan."

Last Thursday, the National Science Foundation posted the RFI asking for comments from the public related to the Administration's AI Action Plan. The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is leading the efforts (NAIA Digest v1.3 HERE). Comments are open until March 15, 2025 and NAIA will be compiling and filing our Members recommendations. If you would like to be involved, contact Ron@thenaia.org and HERE is the request for information link.

VP Vance Announces a US 4 Point AI Plan and Europe Releases a 200 Billion Euro Investment in AI Tech Industry

On Monday and Tuesday, Vice President JD Vance joined talks at the Paris AI Action Summit, which gathered major private sector players such as Google, Microsoft and OpenAI with governmental leaders from 80 countries for a first time broad international discussion on the future of AI. French President Emmanuel Macron kicked off the event calling for less European regulation. "We will simplify," Macron said. "It's very clear we have to resynchronise with the rest of the world." The European Union AI Act implemented strict regulations approximately one year ago. The EU also announced (similar to the Stargate Project in America) an investment of 200 Billion Euros in AI development (HERE).

Vice President JD Vance's speech at the Paris gathering Tuesday (HERE) outlined four points that the Trump Administration is pursuing:

1. The Trump Administration will continue to work to have the USA's AI industry as the "gold standard" worldwide and we will be the partner of choice as AI expands.

2. Believe that excessive regulation in the AI sector could kill a transformative industry and they will promote pro-growth policies.

3. That AI remains free from ideological bias and American AI is not co-opted into a tool for authoritarian censorship.

4. The Trump Administration will maintain a pro-worker growth path so AI can be a potent tool for job creation in the US. AI will make workers more productive.

The concern reported in Paris, especially from India, Europe and other countries, is that the AI industry is becoming a US-China battle.

CONGRESSIONAL ACTIONS

Who has banned DeepSeek from being downloaded by employees so far: NASA, the Navy, the Pentagon, the US Congress, States of New York, Virginia and Texas, the governments of South Korea, Taiwan, Italy and Australia.

U.S. Representatives Darin LaHood (IL-16) and Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) introduce the bipartisan “No DeepSeek on Government Devices Act”

Last week two members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and who served as the Ranking Member and Chair of the National Security Agency and Cyber Subcommittee in the 118th Congress, introduced the bipartisan “No DeepSeek on Government Devices Act” which will prohibit the use of DeepSeek for federal employees on government-issued devices.

You can read the press release HERE and a bill number has not been issued yet. We will keep you updated on its' progress.

Senator Josh Hawley's Senate bill to totally ban US download and use of DeepSeek and any US participation to assist China in AI advancements (S. 321) has been referred to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary.

Senator from NC, Ted Budd, Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Require HHS Secretary to Prepare for AI threats

Republican Senator Ted Budd (NC) sponsored and Democrat Senator Edward Markey (MA) co-sponsored a bill on February 10th (S. 501) directing the Secretary Health and Human Services to develop a strategy for public health preparedness and response to artificial intelligence threats.

The "Strategy for Public Health Preparedness and Response to Artificial Intelligence Threats Act" is focused on the threats particularly related to biological or chemical weapons.

Read Senator Budd's press release on the bill HERE and the bill has been referred to Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.

Bipartisan House Resolution to Make Robocallers Disclose When Using Artificial Intelligence

The "Quashing Unwanted and Interruptive Electronic Telecommunications (QUIET) Act" was introduced last week (HR 1027) to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require disclosures when robocalls are using AI. The resolution was introduced by Congressman Eric Sorensen (D-IL-17) and co-sponsored by Representatives Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-6); Eric Swalwell (D-CA-14) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1).

The QUIET Act reads: "If a person making a robocall uses artificial intelligence to emulate a human being, such person shall disclose at the beginning of the call or text message the fact that artificial intelligence is being used." 

The bill has been referred to the House Energy and Commerce Committee and substantially increases penalties to violators.

NAIA Members: Do you have questions or comments on any of the legislation being submitted in Congress? Contact us at Membership@theNAIA.org

NAIA NEWS

NAIA Co-Founder Ron Wright with Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin. The Governor just issued a ban on DeepSeek on Virginia state-run devices and networks HERE

Naitonal Leadership: NAIA Co-Founder and Senior Advisor Ron Wright

Politics and policy are in Ron Wright's DNA having been born into a family where his father was the local mayor and his brother became a leader in the New York State Senate. An entrepreneur that co-founded and sold a software company for cognitive neuroscience research (Neuroscan), Ron today is Chairman and CEO of data software company, JNetDirect Incorporated, and remains active in Virginia politics via his partnership in Statesmen Strategy Group, Ltd. He is a Co-Founder of NAIA, serves on NAIA's Board of Directors and is a Senior Advisor to the new organization.

NEW MEMBER FOCUS: MARIA WHITE, CEO OF ENABLEMENT DOJO

Based in San Diego, California, Maria White, the CEO of Enablement Dojo, has been a sales executive and advisor at HPE, ServiceNow, Twillio and Cornerstone. Maria relays her commitment lies in disrupting traditional learning paradigms to foster a new era of knowledge retention and skill elevation within sales organizations with skilled professionals, technology and AI. Helping organizations make data driven decisions using AI and KPIs to validate outcomes, She continuously strives to elevate the effectiveness of sales enablement, driving long-term success and growth.

We are excited to have Maria as a new Startup Silver Member at NAIA.

NAIA MEMBERSHIP PASTS 250 - VIRTUAL MEETUP

We are pleased to announce that NAIA has signed up more than 250 Members in our first month. Our initial Member Virtual MeetUp is in the works for the end of February or early March. Presentations will be made on Federal and State legislation and regulations plus discussions with a top policymaker. We will alert all our Members on how to participate very soon!

Make sure the NAIA Digest is not going to spam and below are links to the first four issues if you missed them:

• Version 1.1: 118th Congress 120+ AI Related Bills House AI Task Force Reports - How Many in the 119th Congress?

• Version 1.2: President Trump Revokes 2023 AI Executive Order

• Version 1.3: President Trump Signs Exec Order for 180 Day Review of AI Policies

• Version 1.4: Panic! At the Capitol / China's DeepSeek Release Creates Reaction

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