The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is now exploring ways for large language models and data labeling to advance the Department of Defense’s flagship artificial intelligence program, Project Maven. Rachel Martin, Maven director, told the NGA Industry Summit on Wednesday that the move comes as an offshoot of the agency listing the project on Nov. 7 as […]
The Federal Trade Commission is seeking entries to its Voice Cloning Challenge to help develop ideas on consumer protection against the fraudulent use of artificial intelligence-enabled voice cloning, also known as audio deepfakes. According to the FTC’s contest announcement released on Thursday, challenge contestants must focus on at least one of three intervention points, with […]
The Department of Energy’s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response has announced $70 million in available DOE funding for projects enhancing the cybersecurity of electric cooperatives and municipal and small investors’ utilities. A CESER press release on Thursday noted that the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law makes the funding available to help create electric […]
The U.S. Navy’s Fleet Readiness Center East, a naval aviation maintenance and repair depot under Naval Air Systems Command, has created bots to automate repetitive digital tasks at its Comptroller Department. The automation project helps to enhance the efficiency of the facility’s delivery of parts, components and aircraft, according to NAVAIR. The department has already […]
The U.S. Army’s Center for Initial Military Training has opened the Joint Counter Small Unmanned Aerial Systems University at Fort Sill in Oklahoma to provide new recruits with basic training on skills to identify and counter small drone threats, service officials said. Maj. Gen. Sean Gainey, Joint Counter-Small Unmanned Aerial Systems Office director, said the […]
The Department of Defense Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office has issued the Responsible Artificial Intelligence Toolkit, one of the drivers outlined in the DOD’s RAI Strategy and Implementation Pathway that Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks signed in June 2022. The RAI S&I Pathway operationalizes the DOD’s AI Ethical Principles defining 64 tracks for […]
Carahsoft Technology announced on Tuesday that it will distribute OffSec’s cybersecurity workforce development and learning platform to government agencies through its reseller partners and contract vehicles, such as the National Cooperative Purchasing Alliance. According to Carahsoft, the New York-based OffSec provides virtual, practical and hands-on cybersecurity training, which enables a proactive approach to cyber vulnerabilities […]
Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States have conducted an exercise under their AUKUS alliance to launch new uncrewed underwater vessels and test new equipment to protect undersea infrastructure. According to the U.S. Department of Defense, the exercise included launching the new Australian Defence Vessel Guidance, which showcased a range of undersea warfare capabilities. […]
The 16th Air Force is focusing its cyber and electronic capabilities to unify the U.S. Air Force’s cyber efforts to better counteract challenges from China and Russia, its commander said Monday in a live-streamed discussion. Speaking at the Aerospace Nation online event of the Air & Space Forces Association’s Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, […]
A consortium comprising Sandia National Laboratories, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory has partnered with NextSilicon and Penguin Solutions to support the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Advanced Simulation and Computing program. According to Sandia, which leads the tri-lab consortium, the partnership will develop the next Advanced Architecture Prototype System vital to the […]
