OSTP is the president’s chief advisory body on science and technology. It provides strategic guidance for policymaking and R&D spending and coordinates federal science and technology policy initiatives.

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Outline:

(00:12) Overview

(01:44) Background on OSTP

(03:34) EOP science and technology policy advisory structure

(05:01) Organizational structure

(06:50) Activities

(07:43) Coordinating federal R&D spending

(09:58) Advising the president on S&T issues

(11:05) Convening the NSTC for policy coordination

(12:20) Supporting S&T policy formulation and implementation

(13:34) OSTP and AI policy

(14:03) AI-related developments at OSTP

(20:06) AI-relevant offices at OSTP

(21:51) OSTP and biosecurity policy

(22:20) Biosecurity-related developments at OSTP

(26:58) Biosecurity-relevant offices at OSTP

(28:09) Working at OSTP

(30:33) Further reading

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