Gardner Applauds New NSF Artificial Intelligence Institute at CU Boulder

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U.S. Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, applauded the announcement today that the National Science Foundation (NSF) will invest $20 million to establish the NSF Artificial Intelligence (AI) Institute for Student-AI Teaming at the University of Colorado Boulder. Colorado is one of only six states selected to lead the new NSF Artificial Intelligence Institutes.

Senator Gardner's Advancing Artificial Intelligence Research Act, S. 3891, would provide Congressional authorization for a national network of artificial intelligence institutes, which would now include this new institute at University of Colorado Boulder.

"I'm excited to see this new funding awarded to the University of Colorado Boulder to establish a new Artificial Intelligence Institute, which will keep Colorado at the forefront of AI research," said Senator Gardner. "Artificial intelligence has the potential to change the world for the better and increase the quality of life for people everywhere. It's vital that the United States continues to lead artificial intelligence efforts, and I will continue working to support our nation's scientific research and development enterprise in Colorado and across the country."

During his time in the U.S. Senate, Gardner has helped increase funding for NSF by approximately 13 percent. Gardner has a longstanding history of promoting additional investments in research and development and has also introduced two major bills on artificial intelligence: the Artificial Intelligence in Government Act, which passed the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Advancing Artificial Intelligence Research Act, which recently passed the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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