In an exclusive report, U.S. lawmakers are raising concerns and demanding answers from the Pentagon, National Science Foundation (NSF), and UCLA regarding the funding of a top Chinese AI scientist, Song-Chun Zhu, who is reported to have received tens of millions of dollars in federal research grants while allegedly transferring potentially sensitive advanced artificial intelligence research to China for years. Two House committees are specifically questioning why these signs were ignored and are urging federal grant providers to cease funding scientists who transfer crucial knowledge to China.
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U.S. lawmakers are asking the Pentagon, NSF and UCLA why they ignored signs that a scientist who got tens of millions of $ in federal research grants was transferring potentially sensitive research on advanced artificial intelligence to China for years: https://t.co/aCow9B5KHg
US lawmakers are demanding answers from the DoD as to why it ignored signs that Chinese-born scientist Song-Chun Zhu (朱松纯), who got tens of millions of dollars in federal research grants, was for years transferring potentially sensitive research on advanced AI to China. The… https://t.co/vAWjkaFQ9N https://t.co/5TkAc3cpsn
Two House committees want the Pentagon and other key US federal grant givers to stop funding scientists who transfer precious knowledge to China. Read more: https://t.co/eMQwNX2xA9 https://t.co/5SgTkFgQmv
Exclusive: Pentagon faces questions for funding top Chinese AI scientist https://t.co/aCow9B5KHg