Commerce Department plans national AI center in San Francisco

By Todd Gillespie and Catherine Lucey, Bloomberg

The US Department of Commerce is preparing to open a national artificial-intelligence center in San Francisco, putting it closer to firms at the center of some of the government’s most high-profile initiatives.

In addition to the Bay Area, AI export officials will be based in cities across the US, according to a Commerce official, who asked not to be identified.

The Trump administration is looking to increase the country’s edge in AI and defense...