White House science chief: ‘Promote and protect’ strategy must advance AI exports

Trump Presidency's AI Priorities

Michael Kratsios, White House Office of Science & Technology Policy Director speaks with Romaine Bostick about the future of AI in the United States and the outlook of AI development under a Trump presidency. (Source: Bloomberg)

White House science chief: ‘Promote and protect’ strategy must advance AI exports

President Trump’s “promote and protect” strategy for artificial intelligence is based on expanding the use of export controls while reforming them to better allow friends and allies to acquire U.S. technologies, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios said Monday. He criticized the Biden administration, which levied extensive export controls on semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing equipment to prev…

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