House lawmakers have introduced a bill that will establish a shared national resource for artificial intelligence. The Creating Resources for Every American To Experiment with Artificial Intelligence Act of 2025, or CREATE AI Act, would establish the National AI Research Resource, or NAIRR, House.gov reported Monday.
“Artificial intelligence is one of the most transformative technologies of our time, but currently the tools needed to develop it are out of reach for most Americans,” commented Rep. Jay Obernolte, R-Calif., one of the bill’s proponents.
“The CREATE AI Act will democratize access to cutting-edge AI resources by establishing a shared national infrastructure for research and experimentation,” he added.
National Hub for AI R&D
The CREATE AI Act would put in place a formal governance structure for NAIRR. It would form a steering subcommittee, which would operate under the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy, and a program management office within the National Science Foundation to oversee the resource center’s activities.
The bill would also utilize donated resources from federal agencies and the private sector.
Democratizing AI
The lawmakers behind CREATE AI Act envision NAIRR to become an equalizer that would give students, researchers, academic institutions, non-profits and small businesses datasets and infrastructures needed to build and deploy AI.
Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., who was also a sponsor of the bill, added that NAIRR would support the United States’ mission to maintain global leadership in AI.
“This access to high-quality data, compute resources, and support would drive the innovation necessary to strengthen our global competitiveness in trustworthy AI development and in turn help accelerate solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges,” he said.
