Melania Trump made rare public remarks to kick off a press conference for the White House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence Education on Thursday, grandly proclaiming the potential for AI technology . “I won’t be surprised if AI becomes known as the greatest engine of progress in the history of the United States of America,” she said in a sweeping yet mostly generic statement that itself could have been ChatGPT -generated.

The First Lady is not an official member of the task force, which was established in April and is chaired by Michael Kratsios, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and a former chief of staff for venture capitalist Peter Thiel . She led the meeting by mentioning self-driving cars and robotically-assisted surgery but also heralded

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