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IBM CEO urges the Trump Administration to increase — not cut — federal AI R&D funding | TechCrunch

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IBM CEO Arvind Krishna says federal R&D funding for AI and related technologies should be increased.

Krishna says he's “optimistic” the government will ramp up spending within a year .

In recent weeks , a key federal office for AI research, the Directorate for Technology, Innovation , and Partnerships (TIP) has been hit by budget reductions.