The Department of Defense Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office has launched an enterprise-wide AI education program. Digital On-Demand provides service members and civilian employees with flexible access to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Horizon’s learning resources, the DOD said. The department aims for the initiative to serve as a reference for terms and concepts […]
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 […]
Federal agencies are sharing ways they are making the most out of the benefits offered by artificial intelligence after a Trump executive order mandated its disclosure to the public. In mid-November, the Department of Homeland Security updated its artificial intelligence use case for the third time in 2023 after the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services […]
IBM is set to make watsonx.governance commercially available in early December, allowing businesses to gain a better understanding of artificial intelligence models. Kareem Yusuf, senior vice president of product management and growth at IBM Software, said the solution is a great resource for businesses struggling to deploy and manage large language models and machine learning […]
Consulting services provider ICF announced that it has received a $36 million task order from the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Human Capital to upgrade Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s human resources systems. DHS awarded the task order in the third quarter of 2023 under the potential five-year Scalable Ways to Implement Flexible Tasks indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity […]
The General Services Administration said the Department of Labor will receive nearly $3.5 million from the Technology Modernization Fund to support a digital service program that would help beneficiaries claim lost benefits. According to the GSA, the funding will be used for an Employee Benefits Security Administration project that would enable more than 153 million […]
The Department of Homeland Security has added new facial comparison and machine learning applications to its artificial intelligence use case inventory. The update covers technologies used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Transportation Security Agency and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, FedScoop reported Thursday. FEMA utilizes machine learning in its geospatial damage assessments, while […]
Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Mike Carpo, R-Idaho, have urged several federal agencies to disclose how artificial intelligence is being used in their day-to-day operations. While new technologies like AI come with new opportunities to better serve Americans, the government needs to identify consequences that could endanger individuals and the nation, Wyden said. Carpo, meanwhile, […]
The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded Aeyon a prime contract to support the USMC Deputy Commandant for Programs and Resources Budget Execution Division, Execution Analysis Branch. Aeyon will deliver automation and data analytics capabilities to improve the Execution Analysis Branch’s data quality and reporting accuracy. The support services will also ensure that the branch can […]
Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall, along with leaders from North American Aerospace Defense Command, U.S. Northern Command, Joint Staff, Royal Canadian Air Force and the Office of the Secretary of Defense, visited the Eastern Air Defense Sector in New York state on Wednesday to introduce the Advanced Battle Management System’s Cloud-Based Command and […]
