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Joint Services Partner With U.S. Allies in Challenge Competition to Develop Tactical AI
The joint services sponsored a challenge competition that began in April with a call for white papers from small-business and non-traditional international industry.
DOE Developing AI for Privacy-Sensitive Datasets
The project comes in response to congressional direction for DOE to expand its collaborative research efforts with NIH in the areas of data and computation.
Reconciliation Package to Include Auction Plans for Wireless Spectrum
The goal is to improve federal use of the 3.1–3.45 gigahertz band of the wireless spectrum through economic analyses, engineering studies, systems work, or other activities, such that at least 200 megahertz of the remaining bandwidth can be auctioned off.
Lawmakers Propose Joint Research Center for U.S. and Israel to Collaborate on Artificial Intelligence
The goal is to strengthen R&D in AI by fostering collaboration between public and private institutions in the two countries in areas such as machine learning, speech recognition, and natural language processing, among others.
FCC to Take Up Network Resiliency, Spectrum Matters, and Robocalls in Open Meeting
Also on the agenda will be a rulemaking to clarify eligibility for the E-Rate program and baseline national security and law enforcement questions for reviewing foreign-owned companies.
NSF Announces Six New Science and Technology Centers
The National Science Foundation has announced the creation of six new science and technology centers to advance research and develop transformative technologies that have the potential to produce broad benefits for society in fields ranging from mechanobiology to particle physics to climate change.
Eyeing Digital Divide, NTIA Reorganizes Broadband Programs With Two New Offices
A new Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth will be the new home for all of NTIA’s broadband initiatives. And among them will be a new Office of Minority Broadband Initiatives.