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US Science Leaders Defend Universities as White House Backs AI

Original: As White House shifts focus toward AI and tech, U.S. science leaders defend role of the American university

U.S. science leaders are pushing back against a shift in White House priorities toward artificial intelligence and technology by defending the central role of the American university in research and innovation. Writing in STAT, they argue that universities remain essential to scientific progress even as federal attention and funding tilt toward AI and the tech sector.

Why now: Concern that federal science funding and policy attention are being redirected away from universities toward AI and tech priorities.

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