February 11, 2020

White House proposes big increase in A.I. and quantum spending while cutting other sciences

Featuring: Martijn Rasser

Source: Fortune

Journalist: Jonathan Vanian

President Donald Trump proposed a big increase in government spending on artificial intelligence and quantum computing while slashing funding of other scientific research.

In its federal budget request for next year, the White House on Tuesday detailed plans to double spending on cutting-edge computer science for civilian uses by 2022, to over $2 billion annually.

Read the full story and more in Fortune.

Author

  • Martijn Rasser

    Former Senior Fellow and Director, Technology and National Security Program

    Martijn Rasser is the former Senior Fellow and Director of the Technology and National Security Program at CNAS. Prior to joining CNAS, Rasser served as a senior intelligence ...