Contracting Brief: AI Funding Plans Spread Across Budget Request

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Artificial intelligence systems to help government agencies monitor nuclear proliferation, improve road traffic safety, and manage the border would receive tens of millions of dollars under White House spending plans for fiscal year 2025.

The president’s budget request would allocate hundreds of millions of dollars to specific projects using the technology and help agencies hire experts as part of a governmentwide push.

Details of the AI funding proposals were released last week as lawmakers in Congress work to introduce legislation to regulate the ...