The Hidden AI Race: Why Most Enterprises Are Running Blind
Techstrong.ai, Monday, January 5th, 2026
The saying goes that every action must have an equal and opposite reaction. What about no action at all?
President Trump's new 'AI Action Plan' has a message for American businesses: Go faster. Beat the competition. Win the AI race. The sweeping plan contains many specific proposals around growth and 'winning the AI race' against China. However, when it comes to oversight, it essentially tells federal regulators to cool it and expressly forbids state regulators from stepping into the fray at all.
The White House is engineering a plan that emphasizes speed over sight. That has big implications for businesses and creates both an urgent risk and an unexpected opportunity for enterprise leaders.