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President Donald Trump announced a sweeping new artificial intelligence policy at a tech summit in Washington. The policy is focused on accelerating development and discouraging government regulation. In remarks Wednesday night, Trump sided with tech industry leaders, outlining his plan to avoid overregulation and promote the sale of American AI tech and similar products worldwide. "Our children will not live on a planet controlled by the algorithms of adversaries' advancing values and interests contrary to our own," Trump said.The president also signed three executive orders on AI on Wednesday. One directs the government to help AI companies export their products around the world. Another expedites government funding and environmental reviews to build data centers that power AI facilities in the U.S. and federal land eligible for data centers. The third order directs the government to ensure it does not buy "woke" AI, explaining the government "has the obligation not to procure models that sacrifice truthfulness and accuracy to ideological agendas."His hands-off, pro-innovation policy contrasts with the Biden administration's more cautious approach. Now, experts warn that the government's failure to put guardrails on emerging technology could create another messy reality that could harm children, similar to the internet and social media.A new study from Common Sense Media, which studies the impact of digital media on kids, found that 3 in 4 teens have used AI for companionship."The idea that the White House would suggest that you should just have a completely unregulated environment for AI is insane," Common Sense's CEO James Steyer said. "How did that work for social media? How did that work out for some of the other technologies where kids and families and privacy have been the big losers? You need a thoughtful, common-sense regulatory strategy."While Common Sense Media calls for a ban on AI for children, its recent survey also found that kids' and teens' dependence on AI is becoming mainstream, with 1 in every 3 teens using AI companions for role-playing, romantic relationships, emotional support, friendship and conversation practice at a time when kids and teens report feeling lonelier than ever. While about half of those surveyed said they did not fully trust AI, experts continue to warn that, if left unchecked, using the tech could have serious consequences for kids' mental health and social development.Keep watching below for more on the president's AI strategy: