AI Policy Newsletter - April 25, 2025

• Congressional Committees Scrutinize DeepSeek: On April 24, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-KY) and 11 Republicans on the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade, sent a letter requesting information about DeepSeek’s data-sharing practices with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and CCP-linked entities. The letter follows an April 16 report from the House Select Committee on the CCP accusing DeepSeek of espionage, censorship, export control violations and manipulating information to align with CCP propaganda. The Select Committee also sent a formal inquiry to Nvidia over reporting that DeepSeek operates on tens of thousands of Nvidia chips and vowed to investigate the issue further.

  
  

• TAKE IT DOWN Act Heads to House Floor: On April 8, the House Energy and Commerce Committee approved the TAKE IT DOWN Act, legislation that would criminalize the distribution of non-consensual, sexually exploitative images, including AI-generated deepfakes and mandate platforms to remove such content within 48 hours of receiving notice. The bill, which unanimously passed the Senate in February, is now headed for the House floor, where it is scheduled for consideration the week of April 28. If enacted, the legislation would be a notable success story for Congress, which has been slow to consider and pass AI bills since the innovation of ChatGPT in 2022.

  
  

• President Trump Signs EO on AI Education: On April 23, President Trump signed an executive order entitled “Advancing Artificial Intelligence Education for American Youth.” The order directs the Secretary of Education to prioritize federal funds for training teachers and administrators on how to utilize AI and establishes an AI education task force to encourage federal agencies to partner with the private sector with the goal of teaching students foundational AI literacy.

  
  

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