NEH Uses AI To Cancel Grants
Leaked NEH documents show that in 2017 the National Endowment for the Humanities used AI tools to reassess and cancel thousands of grants under Trump appointees, including vice chair Julie Ludlum Hakim. The system, trained on curated datasets and keyword thresholds (70% alignment), reportedly auto-declined prior approvals and back-reviewed awards, canceling up to 85% in some batches. The changes reallocated funds toward "patriotic" projects, prompting lawsuits, congressional hearings, and academic outcry.
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