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Kevin O’Leary will beryllium feted successful Washington, D.C. adjacent week arsenic portion of nan 2nd AI Honors Gala, joining different recipients including a apical Pentagon official, Capitol Hill lawmakers and nan co-founder of Nvidia.
The Shark Tank prima will person nan AI Global Ambassador Award for “his investments successful AI implementation, information centers, and nan convergence of AI pinch blockchain and integer payments, and for advocating AI literacy to guarantee early occupation security,” per organizers of nan event.
The honors, to beryllium held connected June 2 astatine nan Waldorf Astoria, are an yearly arena of nan Washington AI Network, which was launched successful 2023.
Other honorees include:
Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) pinch nan Bipartisan Leadership Award, for their activity connected advancing AI argumentation rubbing connected nationalist information and economics.
Nvidia co-founder and chap Chris Malachowsky will person nan Founder’s Education Accelerator Award, recognizing his finance successful AI acquisition astatine nan University of Florida.
Michele Jawando, nan CEO of Omidyar Network, will person nan Civic Technology Leadership Award for her profession successful government, nationalist policy, defense and technology.
Major General Patrick J. Ellis will person nan AI Leadership successful National Defense Award, for his activity successful AI, operational readiness and nationalist defense. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll will coming nan award. Ellis is nan commanding wide of nan 4th Infantry Division and Fort Carson successful Colorado.
Katherine (Kathy) Yelick will person nan Public Science Award, for her activity successful computing and instrumentality learning. She is nan first machine intelligence to lead Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Tammy Hadded, nan laminitis of nan Washington AI Network, said successful a statement, “The AI Honors bring together nan business, policy, and technological leaders shaping nan early of artificial intelligence astatine nan very infinitesimal its effect connected our economy, security, and regular lives is becoming intolerable to ignore.”
