The Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act would invest $2.2 billion over five years and charge several agencies with focusing on the technology.

The proposed Science and Technology Directorate budget is down $231 million, and Centers of Excellence are on the chopping block.

The Trump administration has two documents coming soon: One on R&D for artificial intelligence and another on helping private-sector AI innovation.

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Around $850 million, specifically. But overall, the budget sees declining R&D requests for nearly every agency.

Agency officials offered details on the $152.2 million in contracts they recently awarded as part of a new research & development pilot program.