Trump cuts to science research threaten his administration’s own AI action plan
by Hannah Harris Green from Science | The Guardian on (#6ZAGY)
Experts warn of undermining environment that fostered foundations of artificial intelligence as federal agencies hit
The Trump administration released America's AI Action Plan" last month with the goal of expanding US dominance when it comes to AI in order to maintain a global edge, especially over China.
But Donald Trump's cuts to scientific research funding through federal agencies - including the National Intitute Health, the National Science Foundation, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and Nasa - will undermine that goal and threaten the research environment that fostered the foundations of AI, experts in the field said.
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