Senators pressed Michael Kratsios, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, on the administration’s executive order directing procurement of models that are “truth‑seeking and accurate,” and on reports that some commercially available models produce hate speech or ideologically skewed outputs.

Why it matters: Federal procurement can be a major market lever. The administration’s procurement guidance, once finalized, will determine which commercial AI models and vendors are eligible for federal contracts and how the government screens models for accuracy and ideological bias.

OSTP described the president’s executive order on so‑called “Woke AI” and said OMB guidance is underway to define what “truth‑seeking and accurate” means for models the federal government buys. Kratsios said the administration will use procurement leverage to “move the companies in a direction towards true seeking and accurate models.”

Several senators pressed for specific commitments. Senator Jacky Rosen and others pointed to instances where a model developed by X‑backed firm X AI (referred to in testimony) reportedly produced racist and antisemitic content and later said the White House had urged GSA to approve that model for federal use. Kratsios replied that models that are not “true‑seeking and accurate” as defined by forthcoming guidance “would be subject to the procurement restrictions” in the executive order.

Committee members asked for OSTP and OMB to provide the forthcoming procurement guidance to the committee and to ensure agencies apply standards consistently. Kratsios committed to continuing to execute the executive order and to work with agencies on procurement implementation, but several senators asked for clearer, binding standards and faster transparency about how models are tested before procurement.