Acting Librarian of Congress seeks funding boost for enterprise AI platform

Acting Librarian of Congress seeks funding boost for enterprise AI platform

The Library of Congress is asking lawmakers for a few million dollars to fund a centralized AI platform that its top official said will break through a “roadblock” the facility faces in managing data securely to provide better services. Robert Newlen, the acting Librarian of Congress, told members of the Senate Appropriations Legislative Branch Subcommittee on Tuesday that the library’s $5.4 million fiscal 2027 budget request for the AI platform…