White House to create artificial intelligence committee

The White House announced Thursday that it will establish a panel of federal government officials to look at artificial intelligence (AI) issues. The Trump administration announced the new Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence on the same day that it held a major AI summit with business leaders in Washington. The AI panel will include officials from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, the National Science Foundation and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The committee's representatives will also include officials from the National Security Council (NSC), the Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The panel aims to examine U.S. priorities and investments on AI development, according to prepared remarks from Michael Kratsios, Deputy Assistant to the President for Technology Policy.