John Shanahan

An aide holds a copy of the President's Budget for 2021, as Office of Management and Budget Acting Director Russell Vought testifies during a hearing of the House Budget Committee about President Trump's budget for Fiscal Year 2021, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump budget projects doubling federal AI research spending by FY 2022

As for what federal agencies actually spent on AI research last year, the White House expects to release those numbers later this year.

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This undated photo provided by the Luz Escamilla Campaign shows Utah lawmaker and Salt Lake City former mayoral candidate Luz Escamilla with her husband Juan Carlos and three of her children, Aileen, Sol and Cielo, in Salt Lake City. She was among the first candidates to use a new Utah law that allows campaign money to be used for childcare. A small but growing number of states are passing similar measures, something that advocates say will allow more women to run for office amid a historic rise in the number of female candidates around the country. (Brandon Cruz/Luz Escamilla Campaign via AP)

Security at child care centers in federal buildings need significant upgrades

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Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan is the director of DoD's the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center.

Military’s top AI officer retiring as Pentagon continues to increase investments and interest

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Trump’s budget request targets large backlog of asylum cases

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