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[–] btaf45@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

[One NIST team that has been fearing cuts because of its number of probationary employees is the US AI Safety Institute (AISI), which was created after former President Joe Biden’s sweeping executive order on AI issued in October 2023. Trump rescinded the order shortly after taking office last month, describing it as a “barrier to American leadership in artificial intelligence.”]

I'm sure that people creating the new Skynet AI are very relieved.