New York would own the intellectual property rights to artificial intelligence research conducted with a taxpayer-funded supercomputer under a plan proposed by state senators in budget negotiations.
Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) proposed challenging California’s tech dominance by creating a $400 million research consortium with universities. The governor’s January budget proposal sought $250 million to supplement $150 million from private and higher-education sources.
An outline of a Senate counterproposal obtained by Bloomberg Government offers the most detailed vision of how the consortium would operate since Hochul proposed it in January. Her administration hasn’t formally responded to the Senate plan in talks ...