Pentagon's $1.8 billion AI request keeps US in 'race to achieve superiority' over China

FOX Business correspondent Lydia Hu has the latest on jobs at risk as AI further develops on'America's Newsroom.' The Pentagon is asking Congress for nearly $2 billion for artificial intelligence in its budget proposal for the next fiscal year, which one expert said will help the U.S. keep pace with China in "the arms race of our generation." The proposed FY2024 budget asked for $1.8 billion for AI as part of the Pentagon's Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E) budget. The FY 2023 budget request didn't attach a dollar figure to AI, while the FY 2022 budget sought $874 million for AI. Parham Eftekhari, Executive Vice President of CyberRisk Alliance, said the increase would put the U.S. somewhere in the neighborhood of China's budget, which reportedly is already spending about $1.6 billion for military AI development.