Senators Introduce Bill to Boost AI, Quantum Education
U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) introduced the NSF AI Education Act of 2024, which tasks the National Science Foundation (NSF) with awarding merit-based scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students pursuing studies in the development or deployment of AI and quantum technologies. This bill also establishes NSF Grand Challenges to help find strategies to educate at least one million workers on AI in the United States by 2028.