U.S. Agency Approves OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic for Federal AI Vendor List
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has approved OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, and Anthropic’s Claude as official AI vendors for federal agencies, the agency announced Tuesday. This move supports the Trump administration’s push to expand AI adoption across government sectors.
The approvals come as part of a broader AI blueprint released on July 23, which seeks to ease environmental regulations and increase AI exports to allied countries to help the U.S. maintain its technological edge over China.
With the GSA’s approval, these AI tools will be accessible to federal agencies through a platform that streamlines contracts and usage terms. The agency emphasized that it prioritizes AI models that ensure truthfulness, accuracy, transparency, and freedom from ideological bias.
President Donald Trump has described the AI race as a defining challenge of the 21st century. His administration’s AI plan includes around 90 recommendations focused on promoting U.S. AI software and hardware exports, while rolling back state laws seen as restrictive to AI innovation.
This approach contrasts sharply with the Biden administration’s “high fence” policies, which placed more stringent safeguards on AI use within federal agencies, including monitoring and assessing AI’s impact on the public. Biden also signed an executive order aimed at fostering competition, protecting consumers, and combating misinformation—measures that were later rescinded by Trump.