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And U.S. companies can\u2019t keep pace with Chinese innovation on their own. Instead, he proposed a government-industry alliance to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/artificial-intelligence\/2021\/03\/01\/wakeup-call-report-calls-for-massive-ai-investments-to-counter-china\/\" target=_blank>keep the country\u2019s technical edge<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cKeeping things exactly the same however is not going to work. It\u2019s not a winning strategy because large tech firms cannot be expected to compete with the resources of China or make a big nationwide investment in the United States,\u201d said Schmidt, a chair of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence. \u201cWe need some help. We need a hybrid approach that more aligns government and industry to win.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example, the U.S. could follow the AI commission\u2019s recommendation to incentivize domestic manufacturing of microelectronics through refundable tax credits for investment and boost micro-systems research and development by $12 billion over the next five years, Schmidt said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leaders fear that China could threaten national security if the U.S. doesn\u2019t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/smr\/transition\/2020\/11\/29\/how-the-biden-administration-is-expected-to-approach-tech-research-and-development\/\" target=_blank>increase investment<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/newsletters\/daily-brief\/2020\/08\/20\/pentagons-acquisition-chief-wants-microelectronics-production-to-return-to-the-us\/\" target=_blank>newer technologies<\/a>. Schmidt argued that government is responsible for driving research and development priorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c[In] the changing landscape, government must take a hands-on approach to national technology competitiveness, promoting a diverse and resilient research and development ecosystem and commercial sector in a government responsibility,\u201d Schmidt said Thursday at National Defense Industrial Association\u2019s National Security Artificial Intelligence Conference. \u201cNo private sector company, no matter how successful, can really pull that off.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Schmidt identified priority technologies that will define this century: artificial intelligence, 5G networks, biotechnology, quantum computing and microelectronics. The U.S must \u201cstrive for self-reliance in these industries,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The most critical is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/it-networks\/2020\/10\/16\/pentagon-inks-197-million-in-contracts-for-microelectronics\/\" target=_blank>microelectronics <\/a>because they underpin AI, quantum and 5G advances, Schmidt said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The recent report from the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence said the U.S. needs to stay two generations ahead of China on microelectronics. But a significant problem the U.S. faces is that much of the microelectronics factories are in Asia, raising supply chain security concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The government has to correct for any market failures that have led to underinvestment in some of these areas, he said. Government funding also has the power to focus researchers on a particular topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn other areas, seizing a market opportunity may only be possible if the federal government does a focusing effort where it focuses the private sector and academia on a specific goal,\u201d Schmidt said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier in the conference, lawmakers and the director of the Defense Innovation Unit echoed Schmidt\u2019s comments and called for a boost in federal funding for basic research. 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