Portuguese Daniela Braga appointed to Biden's Artificial Intelligence Task Force

WASHINGTON - Portuguese-born Daniela Braga, founder of DefinedCrowd, a Seattle-based startup that specializes in artificial intelligence, is among the 12 members who will make up Biden administration's National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Resource Task Force. Announced on June 10, the new task force "will write the road map for expanding access to critical resources and educational tools that will spur AI innovation and economic prosperity nationwide," according to a White House press release. Braga, who moved to the United States in 2012 and founded DefinedCrowd three years later, said she was "truly honored and humbled" by this appointment. "The Task Force will provide recommendations for establishing and sustaining the NAIRR (National AI Research Resource), including technical capabilities, governance, administration, and assessment, as well as requirements for security, privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties," she posted to her LinkedIn account. "This is another step to have our country continuing to lead AI in the world in an ethic and unbias fashion."