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🚨 The White House's AI Action Plan is out! CSET's policy.ai author @alexfriedland.bsky.social broke down the key takeaways and the most interesting and important recommendations across all 30 sections. Check it out: cset.georgetown.edu/article/trum...

Trump’s Plan for AI: Recapping the White House’s AI Action Plan | Center for Security and Emerging Technology

On July 23, the White House published its long-awaited AI Action plan. In this post, CSET's Alex Friedland breaks down the most important takeaways.

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AI Action Plan "critical sectors, such as healthcare, are especially slow to adopt due to a variety of factors, including distrust or lack of understanding of the technology, a complex regulatory landscape, and a lack of clear governance and risk mitigation standards." This is a feature not a bug

From the 2025 AI Action Plan "Create a talent-exchange program designed to allow rapid details of Federal staff to other agencies in need of specialized AI talent" Easy. Reinstate the Pres Mgmt Fellowship and fund more tech fellowships. #reinstatethePMF

New: As Trump prepares to unveil his "AI Action Plan," more than 80 labor, environmental, consumer and tech watchdog groups have signed on to a "People's AI Action Plan" that calls for regulations that put ordinary people's interests over those of the industry. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Analysis | Trump’s ‘Artificial Intelligence Action Plan’ is already stirring debate

Critics unveiled their own “People’s AI Action Plan” ahead of new executive orders expected to address energy and “woke” AI.

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Alondra Nelson@alondra.bsky.social · 2y ago

Excellent 🧵 on this evening's NIH announcement of a dramatic reduction in indirect rates for research institutions, which amounts to a generational restructuring of the US research and development ecosystem. These cuts are effective immediately, not just for new grants but for existing ones.

2. The surcharge occurred because one of Trump's executive orders froze a grant that assists low-income residents with their energy bills. In an email, an Alabama official confirmed that the letter from Huntsville Utilities was genuine and the $100 increase was the direct result of Trump's EO.

1. Donald Trump promised that, as president, he would drastically lower Americans' energy bills. But hundreds of Alabama residents are receiving a $100 surcharge on their energy bills as a direct result of Trump's actions in the White House.

Trump executive order leads to $100 energy bill hike for hundreds in Alabama

Donald Trump promised that, as president, he would drastically lower Americans' energy bills.

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Yeah so the Constitution isn’t really in effect right now

Opinion | There Is No Going Back

The president’s opponents, whoever they are, cannot expect a return to the Constitution as it was.

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BREAKING: The White House rescinded President Trump's order to freeze all federal funding, including grants for public health, education, and safety. This cruel order would have devastated communities across the country.

Does China's DeepSeek Mean U.S. AI Is Sunk? For @newsweek.com, CSET's @jack-corrigan.bsky.social & @sambresnick.bsky.social break down the implications of DeepSeek's R1 model. www.newsweek.com/does-chinas-...

Does China's DeepSeek Mean U.S. AI Is Sunk? | Opinion

While new AI models often generate buzz, R1's release is especially notable in light of the U.S. government's recent efforts to curtail China's AI ambitions.

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Changes from ds and Qwen 2.5-Max. Fearfully - NatSec rhetoric to CCP-fear–monger US-China relations resulting in real harm to individuals. As I’ve said ds was not that surprising. Hopefully - a push from USG to see US AI talent as worthy of investment (eg. foreign-born folks, education, alt paths)

Office hot take on deepseek, very talented team using lots of methods to optimize their algorithm (as opposed to dumping tons of compute and data into it). Not surprising since US export controls intended to slow their compute access. Kind of unverifiable to know how much development compute cost.

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Addressing automation bias is necessary to ensure successful, ethical, and safe AI deployment, especially when the consequences of overreliance or misuse are most severe. Our new report by @emmyprobasco.bsky.social, @vjkin.bsky.social, and Lauren Kahn has more: cset.georgetown.edu/publication/...

AI Safety and Automation Bias | Center for Security and Emerging Technology

Automation bias is a critical issue for artificial intelligence deployment. It can cause otherwise knowledgeable users to make crucial and even obvious errors. Organizational, technical, and education...

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Sometimes you think you're turning right, but you're driving into a lake. 🚗💦 Automation bias can cause catastrophic errors in AI-heavy fields like aviation & defense. Learn how to mitigate risks with better design, training, & processes. 🌊 🔗 cset.georgetown.edu/publication/... #AI #AutomationBias

AI Safety and Automation Bias | Center for Security and Emerging Technology

Automation bias is a critical issue for artificial intelligence deployment. It can cause otherwise knowledgeable users to make crucial and even obvious errors. Organizational, technical, and education...

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