MIT Technology Review: Trump's Mass Firing Hits NSF — $9B Research Agency Loses Staff, Threatening AI and Science Funding
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The National Science Foundation, which funds approximately $9 billion in major research projects annually including significant AI and computer science grants, was targeted in the latest round of federal mass firings. The cuts to NSF and the National Science Board threaten the pipeline of fundamental research that US AI capabilities ultimately depend on, potentially accelerating the advantage of nations maintaining robust public research funding.