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The Trump Administration has dismissed several employees from the National Science Foundation who were selected for their expertise in artificial intelligence, jeopardizing the organization’s ability to support crucial AI research, as reported by Bloomberg.
One of the impacted divisions within NSF, known as the Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships, played a key role in directing government grants focused on AI. Numerous review panels have been delayed or canceled following these layoffs, hindering funding for various AI initiatives according to Bloomberg.
AI experts have condemned the recent reductions in scientific grant funding by the Trump Administration and cuts promoted by billionaire Elon Musk’s Office of Government Efficiency. In a post on X, Geoffrey Hinton, an AI pioneer and Nobel laureate, urged that Musk should be removed from the British Royal Society “due to the immense damage he is inflicting on scientific institutions in america.”
Only truly timid and fearful individuals care about accolades and memberships. History is what truly matters over time.
Your comments above are recklessly ignorant, cruel and unfounded.
Having mentioned that, what specific actions need rectification? I can make errors but strive to correct them…
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 2, 2025
Musk replied to Hinton’s post stating that “I can make mistakes but I aim to fix them.”
