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National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act Inches Closer to Passage

December 8, 2020/In: Artificial Intelligence, Computing Community Consortium (CCC), Policy, Research /by Brian Mosley

Last week the long awaited conferenced National Defense Authorization Act (or NDAA; the defense policy bill) was publicly released. Regular readers will recall that earlier in the year that the House Science Committee’s National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act (HR 6216) was included in the House version of the NDAA. At that time, there was no equivalent in the Senate NDAA and it was unclear if it would survive the conference negotiations. Fortunately, the AI Initiative Act was included in the conference agreement released last week.

Update from CCC: NSF Advances Artificial Intelligence Research with New Nationwide Institutes

August 26, 2020/In: Artificial Intelligence, Policy, Research /by Brian Mosley

In case you missed it — the CCC Blog has coverage of National Science Foundation’s recently announcement “establishing new artificial intelligence institutes to accelerate research, expand America’s workforce, and transform society in the decades to come.” This move is in line with one of the recommendations in the CCC-led AI roadmap report, A 20-Year Community Roadmap for AI Research in the US. This is great news; and, when combined with the efforts in Congress to bolster AI research — including adding the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 to the House National Defense Authorization Act, which is a piece of “must pass” legislation — signals that AI research is likely to stay a hot-topic in Washington for some time. Keep checking back for more updates.

Update on AI Bills in Congress; House Science Committee AI Initiative Act Added to Defense Policy Bill

July 30, 2020/In: Artificial Intelligence, Computing Community Consortium (CCC), Policy, Research /by Brian Mosley

There has been a flurry of activity over the last few weeks on a number of AI related pieces of legislation in Congress.

New Legislation Proposes Major Reorganization of NSF

May 29, 2020/In: Artificial Intelligence, Funding, Policy, Research /by Brian Mosley

Last week, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY), the Democratic Leader in the Senate, introduced bipartisan legislation that would authorize $100 billion in new funding for the National Science Foundation and make the agency responsible for maintaining the country’s global leadership in innovation. The bill, called S. 3832 “The Endless Frontiers Act,” proposes a major reorganization of NSF and possibly a significant change to the culture of the agency.

House SS&T Committee Introduces Bipartisan AI Research Bill to Significantly Increase Research Authorizations

March 13, 2020/In: Artificial Intelligence, Computing Community Consortium (CCC), Funding, Policy, Research /by Peter Harsha

House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) and Ranking Member Frank Lucas (R-OK) yesterday introduced long-awaited legislation aimed at solidifying the U.S. leadership role in artificial intelligence research, education, and workforce development.

Department of Energy FY 2021 Request: Office of Science is Hit Hard with Cuts; Computing Research Fairs Better

February 14, 2020/In: Artificial Intelligence, Funding, FY21 Appropriations /by Brian Mosley

In our continuing series following the Trump Administration’s Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) budget request, we now turn to the Department of Energy (DOE). There are similarities with the NSF budget request we detailed earlier, including large funding reductions.

NSF FY2021 Request: AI and Quantum Research Get Priority but it’s Paid for with Cuts to Other Research Fields

February 12, 2020/In: Artificial Intelligence, FY21 Appropriations, Research /by Brian Mosley

On Monday, the Trump Administration released its Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) Budget Request. Despite administration signals and bipartisan calls for a budget request in line with the funding agreement made in July, the President decided to ignore that agreement and release a funding blueprint with deep reductions to domestic discretionary spending. The federal research portfolio, which is a part of domestic discretionary spending, didn’t escape cuts.

CRA Statement on the FY2021 Presidential Budget Request

February 11, 2020/In: Artificial Intelligence, CRA, FY21 Appropriations, Policy, Research, Statements /by Peter Harsha

CRA commends the Administration for recognizing the importance of Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Information Science to the Nation’s security and competitiveness, and for addressing that with significant new investments in the President’s Budget Request for FY2021. However, we take issue with the proposed cuts to a large number of other areas of science. Failing to […]

President’s Budget Proposes Big Cuts to R&D, but Big Boost to AI/Quantum

February 11, 2020/In: Artificial Intelligence, Funding, FY21 Appropriations, Research /by Peter Harsha

The Administration’s deep cuts to research at the National Science Foundation (-6 percent vs. FY20), DOE Office of Science (-17 percent vs. FY20), NIST (-19 percent), and science programs at NASA (-11 percent) take much of the luster away from the President’s AI/Quantum announcements.