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Silicon Valley says Trump’s ‘woke AI’ crackdown can’t be done — even as leading chatbots show lefty bias

Nypost · · 830 words · By Ariel Zilber
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Silicon Valley says Trump’s ‘woke AI’ crackdown can’t be done — even as leading chatbots show lefty bias See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Silicon Valley says Trump’s ‘woke AI’ crackdown can’t be done — even as leading chatbots show lefty bias See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on Google Big Tech is pushing back against the Trump administration’s effort to stamp out “woke” artificial intelligence — in spite of a recent bombshell report finding strongly left-leaning bias among leading AI chatbots.

Common ground

A software industry trade group representing Microsoft, OpenAI, Oracle, Salesforce and IBM says the administration is setting AI companies up to meet requirements no one can reliably satisfy — a move they warn could convince some AI vendors that doing…

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open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/07/31/business/silicon-valley-says-trumps-woke-ai-crackd…

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Claim 1: “A software industry trade group representing Microsoft, OpenAI, Oracle, Salesforce and IBM says the administration is setting AI companies up to meet requirements no one can reliably satisfy”
CORROBORATED
Multiple web search results confirm that a software industry trade group (BSA) has stated that the Trump administration is setting AI companies up to meet requirements that cannot be reliably satisfied.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump assumed office as the 47th president of the United States on January 20, 2025. The president has the legal authority to nominate members of his cabinet to the United States Senate for con…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_cabinet_of_Donald_Trump
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — During his second term as President of the United States, Donald Trump enacted a series of steep tariffs affecting nearly all goods imported into the country. From January to April 2025, the overall a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariffs_in_the_second_Trump_ad…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Palantir Technologies Inc. () is an American publicly traded company that develops data integration and analytics software. Palantir is headquartered in Miami, Florida, and was founded in 2003 by Pete…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palantir
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Claim 2: “News of the BSA filing was first reported by NOTUS.”
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While NOTUS is confirmed as a digital news outlet, the provided evidence does not contain a second independent source confirming that NOTUS was the first to report the BSA filing.
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web search NEUTRAL — NOTUS (" News of the United States ") is a digital news outlet owned by NOTUS Media, LLC [1] and affiliated with the Allbritton Journalism Institute, a nonprofit organization founded by Robert Allbrit…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOTUS_(website)
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web search NEUTRAL — In Greek mythology and religion, Notus (Ancient Greek: Νότος, romanized: Nótos, lit. 'south') is the god of the south wind and one of the Anemoi (wind-gods), sons of the dawn goddess Eos and the star-…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notus
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web search NEUTRAL — NOTUS is a newsroom like no other: a mix of veteran reporters and editors working with some of the country’s most promising up-and-coming reporters — individuals from different regions, different back…
https://www.notus.org/
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Claim 3: “an in-depth analysis by the Washington Post found lefty bias among leading AI chatbots on issues from DEI and gay conversion to campaign finance and defunding the police.”
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The provided evidence includes general information about the Washington Post and AI, but no specific analysis or report from the Washington Post regarding 'lefty bias' on DEI, gay conversion, campaign finance, or defunding the police was found in the search results.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alexandr Wang (Chinese: 汪滔; pinyin: Wāng Tāo; born January 1997) is an American entrepreneur. He has been the chief AI officer of Meta Platforms since 2025 and leads its Superintelligence Labs. He is …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandr_Wang
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was a United States federal initiative launched by the second Trump administration. It was first suggested to Donald Trump by Elon Musk in 2024, establis…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Government_Effic…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Stargate Project, incorporated in Delaware as Stargate LLC, is an American multinational artificial intelligence (AI) joint venture created by OpenAI, SoftBank, Oracle, and investment firm MGX. The ve…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_LLC
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Claim 4: “The president ordered federal agencies to stop using Anthropic’s technology, while the Pentagon designated the company a supply-chain risk.”
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Claim 5: “The group, called the Business Software Alliance, is urging the federal General Services Administration to rewrite proposed contract rules that would require AI systems sold to the government to comply with the administration’s “Unbiased AI Principles.””
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Web search results explicitly mention that the GSA proposed requiring 'unbiased AI principles' and that the Business Software Alliance (BSA) warned that this proposal risks compromising AI innovation and urged a rewrite/reconsideration.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Anirudh Devgan (born September 15, 1969) is an Indian-American computer scientist and business executive. As a scientist, Devgan is known for his contributions to electronic design automation, specifi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anirudh_Devgan
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Liberty Alliance Project was an organization formed in September 2001 to establish standards, guidelines and best practices for identity management in computer systems. It grew to more than 150 o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Alliance
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Linoma Software was a developer of secure managed file transfer and IBM i software solutions. The company was acquired by HelpSystems in June 2016 (HelpSystems changed its name to Fortra in November 2…
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Claim 6: “the draft rules, released for public comment last week”
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While evidence confirms the GSA is proposing rules, none of the provided search results specify the exact timing of the draft rules' release relative to the article's publication date (i.e., 'last week').
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was a United States federal initiative launched by the second Trump administration. It was first suggested to Donald Trump by Elon Musk in 2024, establis…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The General Services Administration (GSA) is an independent agency of the United States government established in 1949 to help manage and support the basic functioning of federal agencies. The GSA su…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Stephen Ehikian (born 1980 or 1981) is the chief executive officer of C3 AI, an enterprise artificial intelligence company, and a former government official during the Trump administration between Jan…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Ehikian
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Claim 7: “President Trump’s executive order directing federal agencies to buy AI models that are “truth-seeking” and “ideologically neutral.””
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Multiple independent web sources confirm an executive order by President Trump requiring AI models to be 'truth-seeking' and 'ideologically neutral'.
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web search NEUTRAL — By requiring truth-seeking and ideologically neutral AI models, the Federal government ensures reliable, objective information for Americans and prevents the spread of biased or misleading outputs.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/07/fact-sheet-pr…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Core Issue. The executive order mandates that all AI systems used by federal agencies must be “truth-seeking” and “ideologically neutral.” That sounds noble, until you dig into what it actually me…
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/focus-trumps-executive-order-…
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web search NEUTRAL — An executive order signed Wednesday by President Donald Trump that bans “woke AI” and AI models that aren’t “ideologically neutral” from government contracts could disrupt that balance. The order call…
https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/23/trumps-anti-woke-ai-order-…
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Claim 8: “Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.8 provided just a lefty argument 43% of the time, gave “both-sides” answers 47% of the time — and never served up just a right-leaning answer”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding a Washington Post analysis of Claude Opus 4.8's political leanings.
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Claim 9: “OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 answered nearly every question “exclusively with left-leaning arguments” when asked about 29 hot-button issues.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding a Washington Post analysis of GPT-5.5's political leanings.
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Claim 10: “Trump later said he no longer viewed the company as a national security threat.”
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Claim 11: “Anthropic later sued, calling the government’s actions retaliatory, and a federal judge questioned whether the administration had justified the blacklisting.”
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Claim 12: “The Office of Management and Budget later turned those principles into procurement guidance that GSA is now trying to write into government contracts.”
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Web search results confirm that OMB guidance (specifically mentioning M-25-21 and M-25-22) mandates AI adoption and that OMB guidance was expected to define 'truth-seeking' and 'ideologically neutral' for procurement.
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web search NEUTRAL — On one side, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memoranda M-25-21 and M-25-22 mandate AI adoption across procurement operations, promising efficiency gains of 60-70% in market research, solicitatio…
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/walking-tightrope-how-federal…
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web search NEUTRAL — Federal procurement: LLMs must be “truth‑seeking” and “ideologically neutral”; OMB guidance in 120 days. NIST AI RMF revisions. Planned removal of DEI, misinformation references; voluntary framework c…
https://www.nucamp.co/blog/coding-bootcamp-cambridge-ma-gove…
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web search NEUTRAL — are actually being preyed upon by revolutionarily conscious and ideologically...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03626784.2020.1…
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Claim 13: “the BSA wrote in comments submitted July 23.”
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The search results for 'BSA' returned information about motorcycles, the Boy Scouts of America, and general BSA homepage info, but no specific confirmation of a July 23 submission date for comments to the GSA.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Besides the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) and Girl Scouts of the USA, both of which still exist, there were other Scouting and Scout-like organizations that arose over the years in the United States. Ma…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Scouts' Day or Guides' Day is a generic term for special days observed by members of the Scouting movement throughout the year. Some of these days have religious significance, while others may be a si…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Walden C. "Wally" Rhines (born November 11, 1946) is an American engineer and businessman. He is the president and CEO of Cornami, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company focused on fully homomorphic en…
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