U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order related to AI to "make America the world capital in artificial intelligence," his aide told reporters in the White House's Oval Office.

The order, signed earlier today, is an effort to repeal previous U.S. government policies that some have interpreted as “barriers to American AI innovation.” Its chief aim is to overturn many of the policies,

Some companies have begun pulling back DEI efforts, but it may open them up to serious legal issues. U.S. companies that scale back workplace diversity efforts to avoid scrutiny from the Trump administration may be exposing themselves to more discrimination lawsuits by workers,