Signalling a renewed focus on AI and its impacts, the Trump Administration has set up the Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence under the National Science and Technology Council. Adopting an “America First approach, the committee will focus on promoting and planning for the impacts of AI, with Steven Mnuchin noting in the announcement that AI-related job losses are now a priority for the administration. The government is also looking at opening more of its tax-payer-funded data to feed AI algorithms to aid development.
Signalling a renewed focus on AI and its impacts, the Trump Administration has set up the Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence under the National Science and Technology Council. Adopting an “America First approach, the committee will focus on promoting and planning for the impacts of AI, with Michael Kratsios noting in the announcement that AI-related job losses are now a priority for the administration. The government is also looking at opening more of its tax-payer-funded data to feed AI algorithms to aid development.