The Biden administration has followed through on a Congressional mandate to create a National AI Research Resource Task Force. With top experts from the federal government, higher education, and private organizations, the task force is dedicated to strengthening America's foundation and spurring advances in artificial intelligence (AI). As a computer scientist, AI researcher and educator, co-director of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI, and a major supporter of the bipartisan legislation that authorized this endeavor, I am honored to have accepted an offer to serve as a member of the task force. The time has never been more critical for us to come together and cement America's leadership in AI -- a technology that has the potential to drive innovation in every industry, from manufacturing and healthcare to transportation and defense. Like all technologies human civilization has built, AI is a tool that is as good or as bad as those who make and use it.

A bipartisan cadre of tech-focused legislators in the House and Senate have introduced legislation that would direct the federal government to develop a national cloud computing infrastructure for artificial intelligence research.Introduced by Sens. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., Thursday, the National Cloud Computing Task Force Act would convene a mix of technical experts across academic, industry and government. The group would develop a nuanced roadmap for how the nation should build, deploy, govern and sustain a national research cloud for AI."With China focused on toppling the United States' leadership in AI, we need to redouble our efforts with a sustained commitment to the best and brightest by developing a national research cloud to ensure our technical researchers get the tools they need to succeed," Portman said in a statement. "By democratizing access to computing power we ensure that any American with computer science talent can pursue their good ideas."The A report submitted to Congress by the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence outlined how quickly China is closing in on the United States' tech research hold.

Sen. Rob Portman recently introduced a bill with bipartisan backing to develop a national cloud computer for AI research, which would allow those with barriers to entry or facing hurdles to more efficiently progress their work.The bill, if passed, would establish a task force to develop a roadmap for development of AI technology, which figures to have wide ranging impacts on fields such as health care, transport and communications, among others, over the next few decades.Artificial intelligence is the simulation of human intelligence processes, learning, in machines. According to a release from Portman's office, the legislation would convene a group of technical experts across academia, government, and industry to develop a detailed roadmap for how the United States can build, deploy, govern, and sustain a national research cloud.A companion bill has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives."We With China focused on toppling the United States' leadership in AI, we need to redouble our efforts with a sustained commitment to the best and brightest by developing a national research cloud to ensure our technical researchers get the tools they need to succeed," said Portman."This …

A bipartisan cadre of tech-focused legislators in the House and Senate have introduced legislation that would direct the federal government to develop a national cloud computing infrastructure for artificial intelligence research. Introduced by Sens. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., Thursday, the National Cloud Computing Task Force Act would convene a mix of technical experts across academic, industry and government. The group would develop a nuanced roadmap for how the nation should build, deploy, govern and sustain a national research cloud for AI. "With China focused on toppling the United States' leadership in AI, we need to redouble our efforts with a sustained commitment to the best and brightest by developing a national research cloud to ensure our technical researchers get the tools they need to succeed," Portman said in a statement. "By democratizing access to computing power we ensure that any American with computer science talent can pursue their good ideas."