Cristina Criddle and Rafe Rosner-Uddin
Microsoft’s chief scientist has warned that cuts to US federal funding for academic research will drive talent and ideas abroad, giving international rivals a lead in the artificial intelligence race. Eric Horvitz told the Financial Times that President Donald Trump’s decision to slash academic research funding could give other nations, such as China, an edge in science and technological innovation.
“I personally find it hard to see the logic of trying to compete with competitor nations at the same time as making these cuts,” Horvitz said. The intervention comes as US universities and federal agencies have been hit by billions of dollars in funding reductions since Trump took office last year. Those moves have been justified as cost-cutting measures or by ideological stances, such as blocking grants for diversity initiatives.
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