H.R. 9506 — To amend the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 to require the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to establish a prize competition program relating to artificial intelligence, and for other purposes.

This section establishes a prize competition program, to be run by the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy through the National Science and Technology Council and Interagency Committee, for artificial intelligence grand challenges. The program must begin within one year of enactment and address priorities that may include microelectronics engineering, next-generation algorithms and compute, explainability, AI for advanced manufacturing, border security, cybersecurity, energy efficiency, and wireless communications, with problem statements and success metrics published on Challenge.gov.