Republican senators are eager to implement artificial intelligence tools into federal government operations as a way to cut down on spending, even if they’re not sure what it would look like in practice.
Federal agencies have rolled out a number of AI initiatives in recent months, and President Donald Trump has made it clear he wants the U.S. to lead in the sector. The Republican senators who recently appropriated billions toward AI initiatives in Trump’s massive domestic policy law have plenty of ideas on how federal agencies could use AI. But they have yet to grapple with some of the broader issues the technology is running up against in other industries.
“I see AI as being an agent of speed and coordination,” Sen. Mike Rounds, a member of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, told NOTUS. “You want AI to give you a speedier process through which you can save money.”