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Top Names in Artificial Intelligence Gather in Chicago for an 'Innovation XLab Summit'
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(OPEN):
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ALREADY TOUCHES THE LIVES OF ALMOST EVERY AMERICAN.
BUT, WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD FOR THIS POWERFUL COMPUTING-TOOL? HUNDREDS OF
EXPERTS--FROM ACROSS GOVERNMENT, ACADEMIA, AND INDUSTRY--ARE GATHERING IN CHICAGO, THIS WEEK
[OCTOBER 2ND AND 3RD], FOR THE "U-S DEPARTMENT OF
ENERGY'S" "INNOVATION 'X-LAB' SUMMIT" ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE HOST OF THE SUMMIT--"DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"-SECRETARY, RICK
PERRY--IS FOCUSING ON EFFECTIVE WAYS THAT "A-I" CAN BE HARNESSED, TO MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR ALL AMERICANS...
(PERRY):
"BY COMBINING THE POWER OF
'A-I' WITH THE CAPABILITIES OF OUR SUPERCOMPUTERS--INCLUDING FOUR OF THE FASTEST IN THE
WORLD--WE CAN SPEED SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY, INCREASE ENERGY-EFFICIENCY, AND IMPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY."
(BRIDGE):
PAUL KEARNS--THE DIRECTOR OF NEARBY "ARGONNE NATIONAL
LABORATORY"--SAYS THAT CHICAGO IS THE PERFECT LOCATION FOR THE SUMMIT...
(KEARNS):
"CHICAGO IS THE PLACE FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
IT'S HOME TO 'ARGONNE' AND 'FERMILAB'--TWO OF THE 'DEPARTMENT OF
ENERGY'S' NATIONAL LABORATORIES. WE ALSO HAVE A HOST OF MAJOR RESEARCH-UNIVERSITIES:
'THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO'; 'NORTHWESTERN'; THE 'UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS [AT]
CHICAGO'; [AND] 'I-I-T'. CHICAGO IS A TECHNOLOGY-HUB; IT'S A PLACE OF MAJOR INNOVATION, TO DRIVE OUR RESEARCH IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE."
(CLOSE):
THE "DEPARTMENT OF
ENERGY" IS REDEFINING WHAT'S POSSIBLE IN SUPERCOMPUTING AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; VISIT
"ENERGY"-DOT-GOV, TO LEARN MORE.
