Donald Trump returns as US President: TikTok ban delayed, AI regulations revoked, other sweeping tech changes

Donald Trump has officially returned as the President of the United States, and his first day in office was packed with a “historic” flurry of big decisions including ones with potential to change the course of technology as we know it.

On January 20, as soon as he assumed power as the 47th President of the U.S., Trump signed as many as 80 executive orders. One of them gives his administration 75 days to decide the fate of TikTok in the country. The other—and technically more complex decision—revokes an AI safety order signed by Joe Biden, signaling a shift in the country’s approach to artificial intelligence (AI).