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How the next White House should handle AI

Axios

September 23, 2020

Axios Future highlighted a series of one-pagers issued by CSET providing AI policy recommendations for the next presidential administration to consider and implement. The full piece from Axios can be found below.

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A Washington-based think tank has issued policy recommendations for the next administration to keep America’s edge in artificial intelligence.

Why it matters: Few technologies are poised to be more transformative than AI. With China and Europe both making strides in AI, pressure will be on the next president to respond.

What’s happening: The policy recommendations by Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology focus on supporting basic research, controlling the export of sensitive technology, and ensuring the U.S. remains a magnet for the world’s best AI talent.

  • Connecting all of that is the need to shore up relationships with democratic countries, both to defend against digital authoritarianism and ensure that intelligence about AI-related threats is shared among allies.

Read the original article at Axios Future.