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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.

House Science Committee Explores the Ethical and Social Implications of AI

July 8, 2019/In: Policy, Research /by Brian Mosley

On Wednesday, June 26 the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee held a hearing titled Artificial Intelligence: Societal and Ethical Implications to review the diverse ethical and social implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The committee heard from panelists about the complications of AI as well as several policy recommendations.

Senate Committee Examines the “Dawn of Artificial Intelligence”

November 30, 2016/In: Artificial Intelligence, People, Policy /by Peter Harsha

Computer scientists from industry, government and academia today told a Senate panel that artificial intelligence (AI) has passed an inflection point — a confluence of the enormous increase in the availability of data, the ability of computers to perceive the world, and the ability to search over a wide range of possibilities — that promises to spawn new waves […]