White House holds summit on artificial intelligence with industry

The White House on Thursday hosted a summit on artificial intelligence, bringing together more than 100 business leaders, government officials and technical experts to discuss AI's potential for making sense of the data that is inundating healthcare and other industries. Representatives from agriculture, energy, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing and transportation attendaed the summit to discuss a number of topics, including research and development, workforce development, regulatory barriers to AI innovation and sector-specific applications of the technology. Tech giants such as Amazon, Facebook, Google and Microsoft also participated. "Artificial intelligence holds tremendous potential as a tool to empower the American worker, drive growth in American industry and improve the lives of the American people," said Michael Kratsios, deputy assistant to the President for technology policy. "Our free market approach to scientific discovery harnesses the combined strengths of government, industry and academia, and uniquely positions us to leverage this technology for the betterment of our great nation."