Rules / United States (federal)

OMB Memorandum M-26-04: Increasing Public Trust in Artificial Intelligence Through Unbiased AI Principles

In forceGuidelineBinding

Implements EO 14319 (Preventing Woke AI in the Federal Government) by requiring agencies to buy only large language models that meet two 'Unbiased AI Principles' — truth-seeking and ideological neutrality — and to write compliance terms and vendor disclosure requirements into LLM contracts. Agencies had to update procurement policies by 11 Mar 2026 and should amend existing LLM contracts before exercising options.

Why it matters

LLM vendors to the US government must document how their models are trained and steered and accept contract terms allowing termination for non-compliance.

What it requires

Government use of AITransparency to users
SourceThe White House (OMB): https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/M-26-04-Increasing-Public-Trust-in-Artificial-Intelligence-Through-Unbiased-AI-Principles-1.pdfSecondary: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/28/2025-14217/preventing-woke-ai-in-the-federal-government Checked against the source on 4 Oct 2026.

Cite this record

OMB Memorandum M-26-04: Increasing Public Trust in Artificial Intelligence Through Unbiased AI Principles. Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Status: In force. wheresthe.ai, https://wheresthe.ai/rule/us-omb-m-26-04-unbiased-ai-principles-2025/ (verified 4 Oct 2026).

Line of Thought

Developments connected to this rule

What has happened that this rule shapes, or that shapes it. Pick one to keep following the thread.

More from United States (federal)

  • EO 14179
    Executive orderThe President (Executive Office of the President)Binding
    In forceEffective 23 Jan 2025
  • AI Action Plan
    StrategyExecutive Office of the President (OSTP, Special Advisor for AI and Crypto, NSC)Non-binding
    In forceEffective 23 Jul 2025
  • State AI law preemption EO
    Executive orderThe President (Executive Office of the President)Binding
    In forceEffective 11 Dec 2025
  • White House AI legislative framework
    StrategyThe White HouseNon-binding
    ProposedProposed 20 Mar 2026
  • Great American AI Act
    BillU.S. House of Representatives — Reps. Jay Obernolte (R-CA) and Lori Trahan (D-MA)Non-bindingPartly confirmed
    ProposedProposed 4 Jun 2026
  • EO 14409 (covered frontier models)
    Executive orderThe President (Executive Office of the President)Binding
    In forceEffective 2 Jun 2026