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Eric Schmidt to Helm National Artificial Intelligence/Emerging Technologies Project

Eric Schmidt to Helm National Artificial Intelligence/Emerging Technologies Project
U.S. Marines with Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command observe computer screens in the cyber operations center at Ft. Meade, Md. on Feb. 5 last year (U.S. Marine Corps Photo)

Former Google [GOOGL] CEO and billionaire Eric Schmidt said on Oct. 5 that he is launching the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP), a national initiative to recommend ways to strengthen U.S. capabilities in artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies. The bipartisan board of directors is to include Robert Work, former deputy secretary of defense during the Obama administration and co-chair of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI); Nadia Schadlow, principal author of the 2017 National Security Strategy…

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