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Allies of former U.S. President Donald Trump are drafting a sweeping executive order on artificial intelligence that would launch a series of "Manhattan Projects" to develop military technology and immediately review "unnecessary and burdensome regulations."

Analysts believe this suggests that a potential second Trump administration may adopt AI policies that benefit Silicon Valley investors and companies.

At the same time, after the assassination, more and more Silicon Valley heavyweights began to publicly support Trump, including senior Democratic supporters. There are signs that Trump has become the standard-bearer of Silicon Valley's right-wing and cryptocurrency enthusiasts.

Plan to repeal Biden's executive order on artificial intelligence

According to a copy of the document exclusively viewed by The Washington Post, the executive order will create an "industry-led" agency to evaluate AI models and protect systems from foreign adversaries. It also includes a section called "Putting America First in AI," proposing a strategy for the booming AI industry that is distinct from the Biden administration's.

The Biden administration issued a sweeping executive order last year using emergency powers to constrain safety testing of next-generation artificial intelligence systems, an order that some tech investors and startups say creates a regulatory burden that stifles innovation.

Employees at the America First Policy Institute, a nonprofit led by former Trump chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow and other former Trump administration officials, are involved in the effort, according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity.

In preparation for this week's Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, the Republican Party adopted an updated party platform that includes repealing the Biden administration's executive order on artificial intelligence. The executive order being drafted by Trump allies provides an early glimpse into potential policies that the Republican Party will adopt to replace Biden's executive order.

However, Hilton Beckham, a spokeswoman for the America First Policy Institute, said in a statement that the document does not represent the organization's "official position."

Earlier, Trump said in a podcast that he had heard from Silicon Valley "geniuses" that more energy was needed to promote the development of artificial intelligence.

Meanwhile, the conservative Heritage Foundation has also been drafting potential new AI policies as part of its "2025 Plan," a blueprint for how Trump would reform the federal government in a potential second term. The plan, which the Trump campaign has distanced itself from, includes several policies designed to spur AI research and development in the U.S. and limit China's access to AI technology.

Silicon Valley's Right Merges with Trumpism

Greater military investment in AI could benefit tech companies that already have Pentagon contracts and whose key executives support Trump and have close ties to the Republican Party.

After Trump was shot, some executives and investors who once supported former Democratic President Obama also came out to support Trump, including Tesla CEO Elon Musk and hedge fund manager Bill Ackman.

"I fully support President Trump and wish him a speedy recovery," Musk wrote on the social platform X, which he owns, and shared a video of Trump raising his fist. Musk has further stepped up his political rhetoric in more than 100 posts since the incident. On July 15, Musk posted a congratulatory message after Trump announced Ohio Senator Vance as his running mate.

According to a report by the Wall Street Journal on the 16th, people familiar with the matter revealed that Musk said he plans to donate about $45 million per month to a political action committee supporting Trump's presidential campaign to help Trump enter the White House. In response to this report, Musk responded to a picture on X with the caption "fake wildebeest", which seemed to be a denial.

It is worth noting that Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, co-founders of Andreessen Horowitz, one of the most famous venture capital firms in Silicon Valley, said in their latest podcast that they support and will vote for Trump because they believe that Trump's policies are more favorable to technology, especially the startup ecosystem. They plan to make a large donation to a political action committee supporting Trump.

Anderson said he has been a Democrat for most of his life, supporting or voting for Clinton, Gore, Kerry, Obama and Hillary Clinton, but is no longer loyal to the Democratic Party.

At the same time, the selection of former Silicon Valley venture capitalist Cyrus Vance as a vice presidential candidate is also worth noting. Cyrus Vance is a friend of Silicon Valley tycoon Peter Thiel and has repeatedly promoted technological issues including artificial intelligence, such as asking Google to explain why its chatbots generate content with liberal biases and proposing to split up Google on social platforms.

The American political news website POLITICO reported in June this year that the fusion of the Silicon Valley right wing and Trump's huge populist movement has given birth to a new political force in the United States.

In recent weeks, Trump has been making bigger overtures to Silicon Valley, appearing on a podcast hosted by a group of prominent tech investors and attending a fundraiser at the home of podcast co-host David Sacks, a former PayPal executive. Trump has also mentioned in interviews that he received $12 million in campaign funds from some unknown "super geniuses" in the Bay Area.

Chamath Palihapitiya, founder of venture capital firm Social Capital, said Trump's fundraiser in San Francisco showed he had more support in the tech industry than in 2016.