The U.S. is missing its chance to be a global leader on Artificial Intelligence

The U.S. is missing its chance to be a global leader on artificial intelligence

On September 9, the White House hosted a Summit on Artificial Intelligence to discuss how the U.S. government might use AI to improve government services. The U.S. is not alone. Many governments, including China, India, Canada, and Germany see AI as key to their future growth and development.

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A leader in profiting from data, America lags in protecting our information

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The United States has a commanding lead in the data-driven economy, in which firms collect, analyze and monetize data to solve complex problems and create new goods and services. Many of the largest data-driven firms were created and are headquartered here, and U.S. companies are also at the forefront of new data-based services such as autonomous vehicles, personalized health care and personal assistants such as Siri and Alexa…

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