White House’s AI Action Plan: Winning the race in a patchwork regulatory era

On July 23, 2025, the White House published Winning the AI Race: America’s AI Action Plan, a comprehensive effort aimed to solidify United States leadership in artificial intelligence. The AI Action Plan acknowledges the U.S.’ uniquely complex—and, at times, conflicting—regulatory landscape, including the patchwork of state-level laws that impact innovation, compliance and policy predictability. The Action Plan calls for national leadership and seeks a unified, pro-innovation regulatory approach, with an understanding that states will continue to develop their own laws.