Commission Calls For Greater Support During Pandemic To Smaller Firms Working On AI Capabilities

摘要

A new report from the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence calls on the U.S. to provide greater support during the pandemic to small and medium-sized companies working on critical AI tools, adding the economic downturn places serious risks to long-term technology innovation. “Although many of the largest technology companies are thriving, innovative startups and other small firms working on technologies with national security implications are vulnerable during this unprecedented economic crisis,” the NSCAI commissioners wrote in the report. “Such firms will need help sustaining their technological and human capital if the United States wants its diverse technology ecosystem to thrive.”