American cyber non-profit MITRE has emphasized the need for increased investment and public-private partnerships to boost AI innovation. In response to a White House request, it urged support for AI grand challenges, federal frontier labs, and AI assurance research to ensure trusted, secure American leadership in the field for the 2025 national AI strategy.

“MITRE points out that investment in public-private partnership in R&D is essential to fostering invention and driving innovation. The government plays a key role in reducing the institutional risk associated with research, particularly in areas with long-term national benefits,” MITRE said in a statement.

MITRE calls on the U.S. government to create Federal Frontier Labs as centers for public-private collaboration, enabling domain-specific AI breakthroughs, utilizing government data, and securing infrastructure to support mission-critical development — ensuring continued U.S. leadership in AI innovation and deployment.

The non-profit also advocates advancing AI assurance research to create consistent engineering methods for identifying and managing risks across the AI system lifecycle. This ensures reliable, secure, and trustworthy AI while building public confidence and boosting adoption in key areas. 

It also calls for strong security measures to protect AI research, data, and infrastructure from adversarial threats, safeguarding U.S. innovation leadership.