The White House yesterday established a new office focused on coordinating U.S. efforts in Artificial Intelligence research. The new National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Office, under the leadership of Founding Director and current U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer Lynne Parker, “is charged with overseeing and implementing the United States national AI strategy and will serve as the central hub for Federal coordination and collaboration in AI research and policymaking across the government, as well as with private sector, academia, and other stakeholders.” See the new logo that features a bald eagle clutching a neural network. 

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) established the new office in accordance with the National AI Initiative Act of 2020, which was passed as part of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2021 (NDAA) earlier this month.   

The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) and it’s parent organization the Computing Research Association (CRA) provided significant input to policymakers drafting provisions for the National AI Initiative Act of 2020. In 2018-2019, the CCC brought together over 100 members of the research community, led by Yolanda Gil (University of Southern California) and Bart Selman (Cornell University) to come up with a research roadmap for AI. The completed Artificial Intelligence (AI) Roadmap, A 20-Year Community Roadmap for AI Research in the US, was released in August 2019. The Roadmap provided key intellectual backing and recommendations that helped shape provisions in the final bill.

See the full briefing statement from the White House announcing the National AI Initiative Office here.