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FCC, NSF Plan AI Workshop July 13

Amid questions whether the FCC will look more closely at AI issues, the FCC Tuesday announced a July 13 workshop with the National Science Foundation. The session “will convene a diverse array of stakeholders -- network operators and vendors, leading…

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academics, federal agencies, and public-interest representatives -- to discuss the promise and challenge” of “in the telecommunications and technology sectors,” the notice said: It’s to cover a wide variety of issues “including AI’s transformative potential to optimize network traffic; improve spectrum policy and facilitate sharing; and enhance resiliency through self-healing networks.” The workshop will also explore how AI could help in the fight against illegal robocalls and robotexts, among other items, the FCC said. The workshop starts at 9 a.m. EDT at FCC headquarters. The FCC is looking at AI for “everything from robocalls to network reliability and self-healing” networks, Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said last month (see 2305180052). The FCC last had an AI forum in 2018 (see 1811300051).