USTelecom unveils AI policy roadmap emphasizing broadband investments, standards

A policy roadmap from the influential trade group USTelecom describes three priorities for integrating broadband into U.S. efforts to establish global leadership on artificial intelligence, with an emphasis on clearing barriers to building the necessary infrastructure to support AI development and crafting voluntary standards through a collaborative process.

The roadmap released May 9 calls for strengthening and expanding AI infrastructure including investments in fiber broadband; leading with a “smart, national AI policy framework” that pre-empts state AI regulation; and...