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Elon Musk listens as President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on Feb. 11, 2025.

Trump cuts come to the National Science Foundation

Donald Trump’s administration laid off 170 employees at the National Science Foundation in February as part of a government-wide staff reduction. Critics say the cuts, which included artificial intelligence specialists, could hurt American competitiveness in AI research. While the agency said Monday it will reinstate 84 workers following a court ruling on March 3, experts warn the cuts, combined with looming government-wide staff reductions, could severely hamper the agency.

Global Stage | Live Premiere | Davos 2024: Making AI Work for the World | Thursday, Jan. 18 at 11 am ET | 5 pm CET | gzeromedia.com/globalstage | Brad Smith, Microsoft; Ian Bremmer, Eurasia Group & GZERO Media; Eva Maydell, Member of European Parliament, ; Amandeep Singh Gill, UN Tech Envoy; Omar Sultan al Olama, UAE Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence; Bianna Golodryga, Anchor & Senior Global Affairs Analyst at CNN | GZERO Microsoft

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Global Stage at Davos 2024: live premiere tomorrow at 11 am ET

Join Microsoft and GZERO Media for the premiere of Making AI Work for the World tomorrow, January 18 at 11 am ET/8 am PT/5 pm CET, recorded live at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland this morning. Bianna Golodryga, Anchor & Senior Global Affairs Analyst at CNN, moderated the Global Stage discussion about the rapid development of AI technologies and the race to regulate them with Brad Smith, Vice Chair & President, Microsoft; Ian Bremmer, President & Co-founder, Eurasia Group & GZERO Media; Eva Maydell, Member of European Parliament, Bulgarian politician, Speaker for the EU Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence; Amandeep Singh Gill, UN Tech Envoy; and Omar Sultan al Olama, UAE Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence. Watch at gzeromedia.com/globalstage.

Global Stage | Live Premiere | Davos 2024: Making AI Work for the World | Thursday, Jan. 18 at 11 am ET | 5 pm CET | gzeromedia.com/globalstage | GZERO Microsoft

Watch our Davos event: Making AI Work for the World

NEW: Can AI truly benefit all? In our Global Stage event at the World Economic Forum in Davos, our expert panel examines the rapid development of AI technologies, the race to regulate them, and how to ensure the two competing forces of innovation and regulation lead to greater access, safety, and opportunity around the world. Watch the discussion today, January 18 at 11 am ET/8 am PT/5 pm CET at gzeromedia.com/globalstage.

Artificial intelligence: How soon will we see meaningful progress?

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Artificial intelligence: How soon will we see meaningful progress?

The field of artificial intelligence has exploded in the last year. Generative AI tools like ChatGPT are now used by hundreds of millions of people around the world for everything from writing college term papers to computer code. On GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, cognitive scientist and AI researcher Gary Marcus discussed AI’s exponential growth and where the biggest advancements might be in the next few years. One word stands out: uncertainty.