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Former President Donald Trump has taken aim at what he describes as “woke” bias in artificial intelligence, signing an executive order focused on removing perceived partisan influence from AI systems used by the federal government. The order, titled “Preventing Woke AI in the Federal Government,” reflects Trump’s concerns about the influence of critical race theory and alleged bias injected into AI models by “woke people” hired by AI companies during the Biden administration. The executive order mandates government agencies to prioritize the eradication of these biases in the development and implementation of AI technologies, signaling a renewed focus on ideological neutrality within federal AI initiatives.