AI Across America

SeedAI is proud to work in conjunction with the Congressional AI Caucus co-chairs and the just-announced Caucus vice chairs on the AI Across America Project, a new core initiative for both organizations.

This project will bring together interested parties to spur AI ecosystems across the country. We'll travel to a diverse group of communities and explore what they want and how the public and private sectors can help.

What's the background?

Why do we need it?

Opportunity

"If we work together to invest locally, enabling communities to participate in studying, building, and applying AI, we can grow a generation of AI-first dreamers and creators from across the country."

Austin Carson
Founder & President,
SeedAI

Societal Benefit

"Investing in R&D and education is also a key way to ensure that AI develops in a safe, responsible, and ethical way that benefits society."

Representatives Anna Eshoo (D-CA)
and Michael T. McCaul (R-TX)
AI Caucus Vice Chairs

Competitiveness

"If we want to compete in the world's stage, we have to be competitive across the United States first."

Representatives Jerry McNerney (D-CA) and Anthony Gonzalez (ROH) Congressional AI Caucus Co-Chairs

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Americans

Approximately two-thirds

(70%)

definitely believe the federal government, state government, and private sector should work to ensure that AI is safe and trustworthy

75%

of Americans believe that the US should be a global leader in developing AI technology.

are Ready

We commissioned a poll from Morning Consult. The results are clear: Americans are thinking about AI,expect the public and private sectors to ensure it's safe and trustworthy, and they want their Representatives to fight for local AI investments

Half

or more adults across ideologies say they would be more likely to approve of their representatives in Congress if they were to commit to local AI technology investments

Read the full report

Americans are Ready

Join us as we tackle this big tent initiative to build stronger American communities by rooted in place based AI ecosystems.

More than two thirds of adults

(70%)

believe it is better for the U.S. to invest in domestic AI technology development and job training

Half

or more adults across ideologies say they would be more likely to approve of their representatives in Congress if they were to commit to local AI technology investments

55%

of Americans believe the U.S. should already be investing in developing AI technology.

Read the full report

What we’re doing about it

We are leveraging the broad set of resources in the public and private sector to make AI education, training, and R&D available for communities across the country.

Community fact-finding trips

Together with community leaders and other organizations, we examine the current local technological landscape and the strengths, challenges and opportunities to understand how to enable AI uniquely rooted in their communities.

Roundtables

Nationwide convenings to sit with leaders from communities, businesses, and state, local, and federal governments as we tackle how to enable new AI ecosystems.

Briefings

We are working in conjunction with the Congressional AI Caucus to inform policymakers and the interested parties involved about the best ways to build AI ecosystems that serve their communities.

Partnership Programs

We’re helping build the programs themselves, working with communities and a broad, cross disciplinary group of interested parties to bring everything together and operationalize the efforts.

Workforce Development Analysis

We are working with universities, other NGOs, trade programs, and educational organizations to assess and convey to policymakers the programs and pipelines that effectively train people for the future jobs in their communities.

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Project Background

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Co-Chairs of the Congressional Artificial Intelligence Caucus, Representatives Jerry McNerney (D-CA) and Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH) announced that Representatives Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) and Michael T. McCaul (R-TX) will join Caucus leadership as Vice Chairs.

With this expanded leadership team, the Caucus will kick off an ongoing core initiative, the AI Across America project, to support efforts in the public and private sector to make AI education, training, and R&D available for communities across the country.

The Caucus will bring together a group of experts spanning relevant disciplines, geographical regions, and socioeconomic backgrounds for a series of forums working in conjunction with SeedAI, a nonprofit policy organization. After an initial exploratory period, the Co-Chairs and Vice Chairs will announce lines of effort and potential outputs for this Congress.

Rep. Jerry McNerney

(D-CA)

Rep. Anthony Gonzalez

(R-OH)

Rep. Anna G. Eshoo

(D-CA)

Rep. Michael T. McCaul

(R-TX)

The Congressional Artificial Intelligence Caucus was formed to inform policymakers of the technological, economic and social impacts of advances in AI and to ensure that rapid innovation in AI and related fields benefits Americans as fully as possible. The AI Caucus brings together experts from academia, government and the private sector to discuss the latest technologies and the implications and opportunities created by these new changes.

SeedAI is a nonprofit advocacy organization working to remove barriers to entry and lay the foundation for U.S. AI development by providing local access to the necessary tools, experts, powerful computers, and data to a diverse workforce. SeedAI coordinates and collaborates with stakeholders, conducts research, and works to facilitate AI resources designed to help communities create transparent, trustworthy, and transformative technology. Contact team@seedai.org for more information.