The White House on Wednesday released its promised "AI Action Plan," a sweeping agenda aimed at promoting the United States' dominance in artificial intelligence.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has also urged the importance of AI upholding human dignity as it progresses. “AI is a tool that, when informed by sound moral principles, can help overcome many of life’s obstacles and improve the human condition,” the bishops told Congress earlier this year.

Trump’s AI-export order directs the Commerce Department to establish a program to support the development and deployment of “full-stack, end-to-end packages” overseas, including “hardware, data systems, AI models, cybersecurity measures” that have applications for the healthcare, education, agriculture, and transportation sectors.

The Trump administration unveiled three-pillar AI plan focusing on American workers, free speech and protecting U.S. technologies ahead of the president's Wednesday speech.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt briefed reporters Wednesday afternoon as the Trump administration wades through controversy around its handling of the probe into disgraced financier

President Donald Trump is expected to make an artificial intelligence-related announcement, ahead of a broader speech outlining his vision for the future of AI in the United States.