President Donald Trump has issued an Executive Order launching the American Artificial Intelligence (AI) Initiative. The Initiative will be coordinated through the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence (Select Committee). Actions will be implemented by agencies that conduct foundational AI R&D, develop and deploy applications of AI technologies, provide educational grants, and regulate and provide guidance for applications of AI technologies, as determined by the co-chairs of the NSTC Select Committee (implementing agencies).
Actions to be implemented include:
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The Regulatory Mix Today: US President Issues Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence, FCC Releases Procedure for Antenna Ownership, NTIA Partners with Eight States to Improve Broadband Map
The FCC released a Public Notice that it will revise its Antenna Structure Registration System (ASR) to put into place a new process for reporting changes in ownership of towers and other structures registered in the system. Related changes will be made to FCC Form 854, Antenna Structure Registration, on the same date. To implement these changes, the ASR online system will be unavailable as of 6:00 a.m. until approximately 10:00 a.m. on February 14, 2019.
Some of the changes to the ASR when it comes back online are:
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced that it is working with eight states to expand update the national broadband availability map. The eight states – California, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, and West Virginia – will contribute data and other inputs to the map.
“In order to ensure that all Americans have access to broadband, we need a more precise picture of the current services and infrastructure that are available,” said David Redl, Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information and NTIA Administrator. “NTIA’s work on an updated map, in partnership with these initial states, will help policymakers around the country make better decisions as they devise broadband expansion plans.”
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