# The AI race

Record: term-ai-race · Type: term · Edition: 0.20.0 · Evidence cutoff: 2026-09-15

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Dataset pointer: `/glossary/76`. Reviewed: 2026-09-15.

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## Publication dates and source age

At least one source was published within the 18-month window.

Newest dated source: 2025-07-23. Assessed at this edition’s evidence cutoff: 2026-09-15. 18-month boundary: 2025-03-15.

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## /summary

A way of framing AI development as competition for technological, economic or strategic advantage.

Claim: claim-term-ai-race-1a5192ba3d7825ca26b24a72. Annotation: synthesis.

[white-house-ai-action-plan](https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2025/07/white-house-unveils-americas-ai-action-plan/)

## /definition

The White House's 2025 AI Action Plan uses race language to argue for US leadership through innovation, infrastructure and international policy. It is one explicit example of this framing.

Claim: claim-term-ai-race-1e4c26398ee834b2e16dc7b8. Annotation: synthesis.

[white-house-ai-action-plan](https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2025/07/white-house-unveils-americas-ai-action-plan/)

## /placement

Race arguments can support faster development, but do not specify a speaker's view of catastrophic risk.

Claim: claim-term-ai-race-25f52a21ad9f2e54a62ed1b2. Annotation: editorial.

[white-house-ai-action-plan](https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2025/07/white-house-unveils-americas-ai-action-plan/)

## /distinction

A political argument for winning does not establish that there is one finish line, that benefits are guaranteed, or that every proposed action has happened.

Claim: claim-term-ai-race-09422ce4d5c74cb753a9bb98. Annotation: synthesis.

[white-house-ai-action-plan](https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2025/07/white-house-unveils-americas-ai-action-plan/)

## Source provenance

### white-house-ai-action-plan

[White House Unveils America's AI Action Plan](https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2025/07/white-house-unveils-americas-ai-action-plan/)

The White House · First-hand source (primary) · Published: 2025-07-23 · Material last read: 2026-09-15 · Verification: read

Read scope is described in the source note.

Read the race framing, policy pillars and stated proposals. A government announcement and example of political framing; its promised benefits and implementation are not independently established.

No archive check recorded.