US government’s Office of the Special Envoy for Critical and Emerging Technology begins operations
The Office of the Special Envoy for Critical and Emerging Technology has commenced operations in January 2023 under the Department of State. It aims to assist the Department with policy and diplomacy related to critical and emerging technologies, serving as an expertise hub for coordinating foreign policy and engaging global partners in areas like biotechnology, advanced computing, AI, and quantum information technologies.
In the USA, the Office of the Special Envoy for Critical and Emerging Technology began operations in early January 2023, within the US Department of State.
The office is expected to support the Department of State in its work on the policy and diplomatic dimensions of critical and emerging technologies. As such, it will ‘provide a center of expertise and energy to develop and coordinate critical and emerging technology foreign policy, and to engage foreign partners on emerging technologies’ such as biotechnology, advanced computing, artificial intelligence, and quantum information technologies.
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