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Witness warns AI is accelerating scientific work and urges committee oversight and standards leadership for NIST
Summary
Dr. Foster testified that emerging AI agents are rapidly changing how science is done, suggested NIST oversight may be central, and urged Congress to set safeguards and standards while recognizing private-sector investment outpaces federal funding.
Dr. Foster told the House Science, Space and Technology Committee that artificial intelligence is reshaping scientific research and that Congress should prioritize oversight, standards and coordination with agencies such as the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
“This is coming at us, you know, like a freight train,” Foster said, describing AI systems that can produce in hours what small research teams would previously take…
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