AI for everybody: GOP, Dems unite behind public AI research center to 'democratize' the tech

Fox News correspondent Gillian Turner has the latest on the president's focus amid calls for an impeachment inquiry on'Special Report.' Republicans and Democrats in the Artificial Intelligence Caucus are proposing the creation of a public research center that will give people and organizations access to the tools they need to create their own AI systems, even if they don't have access to billions of dollars in research funding. Lawmakers proposed the "Creating Resources for Every American To Experiment with Artificial Intelligence Act," or the CREATE AI Act, a bill that would establish the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR). In January, a federal task force called for the creation of this body and estimated it would need about $440 million per year to get off the ground. The CREATE AI Act doesn't authorize that specific level of funding, but the bill signals that both parties are interested in establishing the NAIRR in order to ensure entities other than the billion- and trillion-dollar AI developers aren't the only ones developing this new technology.