Schumer Seeks $32 Billion in Federal Funds to Boost AI Research

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called for the government to spend at least $32 billion in coming years for artificial intelligence research and development to boost innovation and maintain the US lead over China.

That dollar figure is “probably a floor,” Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Tuesday evening after he emerged from the second closed-door Senate AI forum with technology leaders and advocates.

The National Security Commission on AI, an independent board chaired by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, had recommended the spending amount for non-defense areas including health and space in its final 2021 report. Schumer floated the number to the ...