President Trump has signed an executive order calling on the federal government to prioritize artificial intelligence research and development.
The “American AI Initiative” also calls for technical standards to promote safe use of the technology and workforce training.
However, the executive order didn’t commit any funding or dollar amounts to this work.
Coming up, artificial intelligence in the United States, Germany regulates Facebook, and more.
Guests:
- Jim Davis, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence Research (LAIR) at OSU
- Natasha Singer, New York Times technology reporter
- Russell Holly, contributing editor, Android Central
