US, UK Sign R&D Agreement on Challenging AI Technical Issues
The U.S. and U.K. signed an artificial intelligence R&D agreement, announced the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Friday. The agreement will involve regulatory recommendations, coordinated programming for research and promotion of AI R&D focused on “fundamental advances and challenging technical issues such as explainability and fairness,” OSTP said. “America and our allies must lead the world in shaping the development of cutting edge AI technologies and protecting against authoritarianism and repression,” said U.S. Chief Technology Officer Michael Kratsios. The joint declaration was released during the inaugural Special Relationship Economic Working Group meeting. It provides a “welcome counterweight to China’s growing power” with AI, said Policy Analyst Hodan Omaar of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation's Center for Data Innovation.