Energy secretary sees ‘growing’ opposition to AI as ‘very real’ risk

The Energy Department might be all in on AI, but the increasing apprehension among the American public poses a challenge, according to Secretary Chris Wright. 

“The country as a whole is going very negative on AI, and this is a risk,” Wright told lawmakers during a budget hearing Thursday. “It will be a loss to America if we stop this development and this investment and this improvement.”

The DOE head characterized opposition to AI as a risk that’s “very real” and “growing, particularly across rural America.” 

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