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White House Approves $9 Billion for Spy Agencies to Address A.I. Chip Shortage
The White House approved $9 billion to help the C.I.A. and N.S.A. acquire advanced chips for classified A.I. systems. The funding addresses a hardware shortage that has limited deployment of current models on secure networks.
May 22, 5:27 PM·1m read1 source
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A. A. The money targets a shortage of advanced chips that has prevented full use of current models on classified systems.
The allocation covers procurement of cutting-edge semiconductors and related infrastructure. I. models within secure environments. A. A. currently cannot fully deploy the latest models on their classified systems because of a shortage of cutting-edge chips. The new resources are intended to close that gap.
Agency staff will begin ordering hardware and updating data-center capacity once the funds are released. No timeline for full deployment was provided in the announcement.
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