President Trump Preparing Plan to Boost AI, 5G Technology

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President Donald Trump is preparing an ambitious plan to ramp up the government’s role in speeding next-generation technologies such as 5G wireless and artificial intelligence, two key areas of competition with China. Administration officials say the president is preparing to issue a series of executive orders aimed at boosting the US strength in advanced technology. Those could include more ways of leveraging the sprawling federal government’s resources to advance artificial intelligence. The US also is looking to encourage new corporate competitors into the 5G race, fearful that Chinese competitors could gain an insurmountable global lead in the years to come. President Trump’s commitment “will ensure … that the American innovation ecosystem remains the envy of the world for generations to come,” said Michael Kratsios, a top White House technology policy aide. 


President Trump Preparing Plan to Boost AI, 5G Technology