"The AI Grand Challenges Act of 2026 seeks to create a new program helmed by NSF to incentivize new research in AI fields, particularly focusing on key policy areas like national security, cybersecurity, health, energy, transportation, manufacturing, quantum computing, materials science and more. The only mandated challenge in the measure would direct the head of the National Institutes of Health to take part in establishing a health-AI contest focused on cancer detection."
"Changes between the old and new versions of the bill, shared with Nextgov/FCW, task the National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee with helping shape the program, set up a potential phased process for the challenge and add a new section permitting the director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to work with relevant agencies to identify and publish data sets for use by challenge participants."
Sen. Cory Booker introduced legislation to have the National Science Foundation lead award competitions for artificial intelligence research and development. The AI Grand Challenges Act of 2026 would create an NSF-run program to incentivize research across national security, cybersecurity, health, energy, transportation, manufacturing, quantum computing and materials science. The only required challenge would involve the National Institutes of Health in establishing a health-AI contest for cancer detection. The National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee would help construct and launch the program, and the General Services Administration would manage contests through Challenges.gov. A companion House bill was filed by Rep. Ted Lieu, and the bill includes provisions for phased challenges and published datasets.
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