Feds to Smaller AI Vendors: Help Us Help You on AI

As AI use and innovation continue to increase globally, getting small and medium-size AI companies more involved in the financially lucrative and still-nascent AI revolution is a developing goal of the US government. One federal agency, the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI), is asking smaller AI vendors to send in comments and suggestions by Oct. 23 about how to make it easier for them to work with the US government to bolster commercial AI innovation. With the comment deadline looming, the NSCAI says it seeks detailed input from small- and medium-sized AI vendors, particularly when it comes to working together to catalyze AI development, expand the national security innovation base, and make it easier for them to do business with the federal government. The agency says it is specifically seeking recommendations involving needed statutes, regulations, policies, budgets, organizations, and cultures, as well as other related issues. The NSCAI's appeal for comments and input from smaller AI vendors was published Sept. 23 in The Federal Register.