President Biden has requested Congress to approve significant funding for AI initiatives, including $32 million for an 'AI talent surge' and $70 million for agencies to hire Chief AI Officers. The budget proposal also allocates funds for cybersecurity, with $13 billion for civilian agency initiatives and $3 billion for CISA funding. Additionally, there are specific allocations such as $10 million for AI research in Veterans Affairs and $37 million for studying AI misuse in national security. The Commerce Department is set to receive $50 million for an AI Safety Institute, and there is a total of $300 million in mandatory AI research funding government-wide. The White House emphasized the importance of managing AI advancements while expanding AI talent in the federal government. The AI funding is part of a larger federal spending plan aiming to reach $7.3 trillion in fiscal year 2025.
Top cybersecurity officials stress more funding for federal agencies. https://t.co/j1QN37bLEg via @chrismvasq
White House Budget Proposal Seeks Cybersecurity Funding Boost #cybersecurity https://t.co/6b6nsi61Qd
The requests include a 3.9% increase in discretionary funding for the Education Department, representing $82 billion for the department overall. https://t.co/PALxESzbjV
The AI funding is a tiny but growing part of overall federal spending, which Mr. Biden envisions to reach $7.3 trillion in fiscal year 2025, which begins Oct. 1. https://t.co/zsbZ0rSWQb
“To benefit from the opportunities created by AI while mitigating its risks, the administration is committed to advancing its management of AI and significantly expanding AI talent in the federal government.” https://t.co/zsbZ0rTuFJ
“Advances in AI are creating groundbreaking opportunities, while changing the nature of work and organizational management,” the White House said in the spending blueprint it submitted to Congress. https://t.co/zsbZ0rSWQb
And the budget envisions a total of $300 million in mandatory AI research funding government-wide. https://t.co/zsbZ0rSWQb
The Commerce Department would get $50 million to stand up its AI Safety Institute, which is supposed to come up with standards for use of AI, including sorting out human-made and AI-generated content and working on privacy guardrails. https://t.co/zsbZ0rSWQb
Biden's budget proposal boosts CISA funding to $3b https://t.co/lw0tQ2zS5N
The Biden administration pushed Congress to make investments to bolster cybersecurity, including by earmarking $13 billion to support initiatives across civilian agencies and devoting funding to combat a scourge of cyberattacks on healthcare providers. https://t.co/8Fx6rhjeCy https://t.co/eTdYAqjt6P
Veterans Affairs would get $10 million in AI money for medical and prosthetic research, and the National Nuclear Security Administration would get $37 million to study AI misuse on chemical, biological or nuclear threats. https://t.co/zsbZ0rTuFJ
Biden asked Congress to approve $32 million for what he’s called the “AI talent surge,” an effort to hire computer and data scientists to explore AI, and $70 million for agencies to hire Chief AI Officers. https://t.co/zsbZ0rSWQb