Guy Cavallo, chief information officer at the Office of Personnel Management, said that Microsoft’s Azure cloud-native cybersecurity platform helped the agency protect sensitive data it handles from malicious actors. In a recent interview, Cavallo said the agency opted for cloud-based cybersecurity because it offered the perfect place to store a significant amount of data with […]
Rep. Bill Foster, D-Ill., said he is concerned over the potential security threats from artificial general intelligence, a theoretical form of artificial intelligence that could rival human abilities. In an interview with FedScoop, Foster, a particle physicist before his election to the House of Representatives in 2007, said that potential pitfalls associated with artificial general […]
Artificial intelligence software company Torch .AI has unveiled Nexus, an off-the-shelf data infrastructure solution to enable federal agencies to rapidly and autonomously process unstructured and multimodal data. Nexus will reduce the $143 billion spent annually on information collection, including over $37.8 billion in manual data processing costs, Torch .AI said Thursday. The company announced multiple […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs said 40 artificial intelligence use cases are in an operational phase within the agency to ensure that customers receive optimal health care benefits. Speaking before the House VA Committee on Feb. 15, Charles Worthington, the department’s chief technology officer, said AI can help VA employees provide better health care and […]
Carahsoft Technologies is making Paperless Innovation’s global privacy control solution available to government customers. The Actus GPC compliance automation product converts a GPC card into a Financial Management and Regulatory Compliance tool, ensuring that acquisitions made by government users are accountable and transparent, as government standards require. Actus can automatically handle approval processes, awards management, […]
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence is working on governance to support responsible artificial intelligence use throughout the intelligence community. Michaela Mesquite, acting chief of ODNI’s Augmenting Intelligence using Machines group, said the policy is meant to ensure transparency, DefenseScoop reported. The governance is expected to build on an AI ethics framework she […]
Salesforce’s customer relationship management solutions are now available for purchase through the AWS Marketplace, made possible through a partnership with Carahsoft, a member of the Amazon Web Services Public Sector Partner program. The CRM solutions include hyperautomation platform MuleSoft, analytics and business intelligence platform Tableau and Salesforce Customer 360, a suite of business solutions running […]
Kharon has entered into a distribution partnership with Carahsoft to deliver risk management solutions to the public sector through the latter’s contract vehicles and reseller partners. The product offerings use The Kharon Core, an analytics engine designed to deliver significant insights to identify sanctions and compliance risks. Such data will enable public sector organizations to […]
The office of Rep. Ted Lieu has announced that House leaders established a task force to mitigate artificial intelligence’s potential national security risks while maintaining the United States’ leadership in the field. Speaker Mike Johnson and Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries each assigned 12 lawmakers representing key committees of jurisdiction to the Task Force on Artificial […]
Scale AI has announced that it will work with the Department of Defense Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office to create a test and evaluation framework for large language models. Under the partnership, Scale AI will develop tests designed for DOD use cases and integrate them into its T&E platform. The effort will measure model […]
