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The National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Office compiled all government activities advancing the effort on a single website launched Wednesday.
AI.gov features recent AI reports and news across agencies; details the initiative’s six strategic pillars; archives related legislation and executive orders; and explains the structure of not only the office but various AI committees, working groups and task forces.
The website is part of the government’s push to increase transparency around every agencies’ work with cognitive technologies and develop trustworthy AI, where people believe in the reliability of the algorithms involved. Office Director Lynne Parker announced the site in a post on LinkedIn.
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//]]>// >By John K. Higgins
Mar 9, 2021 6:18 AM PT
The United States government is trying to get smarter about getting smart. Throughout the federal government, and especially in defense and national security, artificial intelligence (AI) is getting an increased amount of attention, including the adoption of hefty AI budgets. That should lead to increasing contract opportunities for information technology vendors with high competence in AI.
Federal civilian and defense contract spending for artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) is likely to grow to $4.3 billion in fiscal year 2023, according to a recent report from Bloomberg Government.
In the defense sector, AI/ML contract spending was estimated at $1.4 billion in 2020, with projections reaching $2 billion in 2021; $2.4 billion in 2022 and $2.8 billion in 2023.
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The past year has tested us. Exposing deep divides and longstanding systemic challenges, 2020 forced us to recognize the interconnectedness of our communities, as well as the importance of collaboration and innovation. With 10.7 million Americans out of work, 50 million experiencing food insecurity and more than 400,000 across our nation lost to COVID-19, we know “building back better” requires immediate and decisive action. Our experience has demonstrated that AI and data science can help, but we need federal leadership to realize these possibilities. We need revitalized AI and data science policy on the agenda in the first hundred days.
AI and data science have shown enormous potential in addressing the world’s most intractable problems from climate to healthcare to inequality but the tools currently rest overwhelmingly in the hands of technologists. The new administration has the opportunity to develop a new infrastructure to collectively shape these to
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