The White House has updated its critical technology list, removing categories like data centers, batteries, and augmented reality while adding post-quantum cryptography, integrated photonics, and high-entropy alloys. This revision, the first since February 2024, aims to refocus federal efforts on emerging technologies by reducing government investment in areas where the private sector is already heavily involved, such as data center construction. The updated list will influence export controls, foreign investment screening, and research funding priorities. AI
IMPACT Refocuses government R&D and investment away from areas with strong private sector activity, potentially accelerating private sector innovation in AI safety and related fields.
RANK_REASON Update to a national technology list by a government body. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.4]
- Advanced Computing An International Journal
- advanced gas turbine engine technologies
- Augmented and Virtual Reality - Second International Conference, AVR 2015, Lecce, Italy, August 31 - September 3, 2015
- Batteries
- Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States
- Critical and Emerging Technologies (CET) list
- data center
- High-Entropy Alloys
- Neurotechnologies for Human Cognitive Augmentation: Current State of the Art and Future Prospects
- Office of Science and Technology Policy
- post-quantum cryptography
- White House
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