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White House official says R&D funding and AI advances are ‘at risk’
OSTP’s Arati Prabhakar reiterated her concerns about federal R&D funding and innovation as Republicans prepare to take full control of Washington.
As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office again, a current White House official is voicing concerns over federal research and development funding and artificial intelligence in the next administration. Prabhakar has previously stated that a lack of federal R&D funding stifles AI innovation, specifically regarding infrastructure challenges, and has hindered agencies’ ability to meet current mission objectives. On Tuesday, Prabhakar said AI could bring about a “dark future” in the next administration if discrimination and bias are implemented into systems at “massive scale” in areas like housing, lending, criminal justice and health care.
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