All posts tagged "R&D"
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US-UK AI cooperation deal lands in a crowded landscapeThe UK and the US have signed a cooperation agreement on artificial intelligence (AI) research and development. The declaration, signed on 25 September, describes the cooperation between the UK and
- Posted October 8, 2020
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Former Google chief: US spending key to winning AI race against ChinaFormer Google CEO Eric Schmidt has said the US government must pour more funding into artificial intelligence (AI) research if it is to avert Chinese dominance in the field. Speaking
- Posted September 3, 2020
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National AI strategies more “aspirational than practical”, report findsNational AI strategies lack planning for operational investments, are far more aspirational than practical and fail to consider funding realities, according to a new report by internationally-renowned think tank the
- Posted June 24, 2020
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US government urged to spend $25bn a year on AI or risk falling behindCongress and the White House should work together to increase annual federal spending on artificial intelligence (AI) research and development to US$25bn (€19.2bn), according to a national security think tank.
- Posted February 5, 2020
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Official review aims to boost science capability in UK governmentPlans should be developed to ensure the UK civil service has the scientific skills it needs and the mechanisms to deploy them effectively, according to an official review of science
- Posted January 15, 2020
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The productivity problem: causes, consequences and curesPoor productivity hampers wage growth, stoking public dissatisfaction. As delegates heard at the 2019 Global Government Finance Summit, this is a decades-old problem with complex roots – and one demanding
- Posted September 26, 2019
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South Korea commits US$4bn to bolster tech sectorsThe South Korean government will spend S$4.7 trillion (US$3.9bn) of its 2020 budget on technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), in a bid to boost R&D, infrastructure and economic growth.
- Posted August 22, 2019
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US national AI strategy rethink slated for spring 2019The US government is planning to update its artificial intelligence (AI) research and development strategy in spring 2019, setting out ways of measuring progress against its goals. Lynne Parker, assistant
- Posted December 11, 2018
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Jerry Arnott, former chief executive, Civil Service Learning, UK: Exclusive InterviewJerry Arnott led the biggest UK government training consolidation programme in modern history. He tells Winnie Agbonlahor how he did it – and what he should have done differently “Be
- Posted September 8, 2015
