FedScoop: National AI Task Force seeks $2.6B from Congress for research and development

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The task force charged with creating a roadmap for the future of artificial intelligence research in the United States is seeking $2.6 billion from lawmakers.

In a final report published Tuesday, the National AI Research Resource Task Force included the estimated figure, which it said would be used to support research over an initial six-year period…

Of the total $2.6 billion figure, the task force expects $2.25 billion to come from appropriations requested by multiple federal agencies.

The report said: “The task force estimated this budget based on recent costs of advanced computing resources as well as data, training, and software resources; estimates of usage levels to meet the current needs of the AI R&D community; and expected growth of the AI R&D community.” … Read the full article here.

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