Politico September 13, 2024
By Chelsea Cirruzzo and Ben Leonard

With Daniel Payne

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AT HHS — HHS, one of the federal government’s top users of artificial intelligence, has spent nearly $129 million on AI and AI-related purchases in the past five years, Chelsea and POLITICO’s Mohar Chatterjee report.

That’s according to a POLITICO analysis of government data, which found that the top spenders within HHS include:

— The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Management and Budget at $53 million

— The NIH at $26 million

— The FDA at $32 million

Why it matters: AI experts who spoke with POLITICO said the investments, which accelerated before President Joe Biden’s October executive order directing federal agencies to be more intentional about how they use and regulate AI, aim...

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