*Task force proposes new federal AI research outfit with $2.6B in funding*
/Devin Coldewey @techcrunch / 8:40 PM GMT+1•January 24, 2023/
The final report from the government’s National AI Research Resource
recommends a new, multibillion-dollar research organization to improve
the capabilities and accessibility of the field to U.S. scientists. The
document presents “a roadmap and implementation plan for a national
cyberinfrastructure aimed at overcoming the access divide, reaping the
benefits of greater brainpower and more diverse perspectives and
experiences.”
The NAIRR report (PDF)
<https://www.ai.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/NAIRR-TF-Final-Report-2023.pdf>
has been a long time coming: since the establishment of the task force
back in 2020 headed by the White House Office of Science and Technology
Policy. They haven’t been idle, in that time producing numerous smaller
reports and an extensive “blueprint for an AI bill of rights” that you
can read here
<https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Blueprint-for-an-AI-Bill-of-Rights.pdf>.
The full thing is many pages long, but the executive summary gets to the
point:
To realize the positive and transformative potential of AI, it is
imperative to harness all of America’s ingenuity to advance the
field in a manner that addresses societal challenges, works for all
Americans, and upholds our democratic values.
[...]
continua qui:
https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/24/task-force-proposes-new-federal-ai-research-outfit-with-2-6b-in-funding/
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