The Trump administration fires many of the National Science Foundation employees who are hand-selected for AI expertise, threatening the institution’s ability to maintain key AI research. Bloomberg It has been reported.
One of the affected sectors within the NSF, known as the Bureau of Technology, Innovation and Partnerships, helped to focus government grants focused on AI. According to Bloomberg, many review panels have been postponed or cancelled as a result of layoffs.
AI experts have criticized the Trump administration’s recent cuts in scientific grants, particularly the cuts defended by billionaire Elon Musk’s Office of Government Efficiency. in I’ll post it on xAI pioneer and Nobel Prize winner Jeffrey Hinton called for the expulsion of Musk from the Royal Society “as it is causing great damage to American scientific institutions.”
Only Craven, only an uneasy fool cares about awards and membership. History is always and forever the actual judge.
The above comments are carelessly ignorant, cruel and false.
However, which specific actions do you need to make corrections? I make mistakes but I will try to fix them…
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 2, 2025
Musk I responded In a post by Hinton, he wrote, “I make mistakes, but I will try to fix them.”