The Peace Corps gets AI-revamp: Trump launches ‘Tech Corps’ to boost U.S. influence
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White House Launches Tech Corps: A Digital Shield Against China’s AI Expansion
For decades, Peace Corps volunteers have traveled the world to assist with agriculture, healthcare, and education. The Tech Corps does something similar, but with specialized digital skills instead of general assistance. According to both the White House and the Peace Corps, these volunteers will tackle “grassroots problems.” Imagine an AI system helping a farmer in India optimize crop yields or assisting a rural hospital in managing patient dat…
Trump to use Peace Corps to promote AI around the world
President Donald Trump may have a new use for the Peace Corps going forward, promoting artificial intelligence (AI). The White House on Friday announced the “Tech Corps” initiative within the Peace Corps aimed at promoting American AI abroad and helping partner nations adopt cutting-edge systems. “AI is the future, and as the undisputed world leader in AI technology, the United States, through the Tech Corps, will be at the forefront of deliveri…
The U.S. government is about to start sending the so-called Tech Corps into the world to preach AI technologies from US development, so to speak, to slow down the use of Chinese AI models in poorer countries. (Read more)
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