Bipartisan LIFT AI Act Would Fund AI Literacy Programs in K-12 Schools Through NSF Grants
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Samantha Cole
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Summary
A new bipartisan bill called the LIFT AI Act, introduced by Senator Adam Schiff and endorsed by OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft, would provide NSF grants to integrate "AI literacy" into K-12 school curricula. The bill aims to fund educational programs about artificial intelligence, though the article notes that young people and teachers already dislike such initiatives. The NSF has faced significant funding cuts under the Trump administration.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledA new, bipartisan bill introduced by Democratic Senator of California Adam Schiff and endorsed by the biggest AI developers in the world—including OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft—would change the K-12 curriculum to shoehorn in 'AI literacy'
The Literacy in Future Technologies Artificial Intelligence, or LIFT AI Act, would empower the new director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to make grant awards 'on a merit-reviewed, competitive basis to institutions of higher education'
The National Science Foundation—which has endured massive funding cuts under the Trump Administration for science research
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