The Biden administration is speeding up efforts to create an executive order to guide federal agencies on how to use artificial intelligence responsibly and address risks posed by the technology. Arati Prabhakar, director of the White House Office of Science Technology and Policy, said President Joe Biden has expressed concerns about AI security as generative […]
Staff from Department of Energy national laboratories released over the summer a report that describes an initiative that seeks to produce artificial intelligence tools to accelerate research and development efforts relevant to the agency’s mission. The report, titled “Advanced Research Directions on AI for Science, Energy, and Security,” envisions the application of AI in multiple […]
The Department of Defense has created a new task force in charge of harnessing the power of generative artificial intelligence while ensuring the adoption of the technology will not harm national security. Task Force Lima will assess generative AI tools and address risks associated with them prior to employing the technologies across the DOD. The […]
Carahsoft Technology has inked an agreement to distribute contact center analytics provider SuccessKPI‘s Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program-compliant offerings to the public sector through reseller partners and contract vehicles such as NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V and National Association of State Procurement Officials ValuePoint. SuccessKPI provides a cloud-based analytics platform intended to support […]
The Department of State has shut down a pilot program that aimed to use artificial intelligence to identify the relationship between overseas social media activity and violent extremist organizations. According to the department’s AI Inventory website, the “forecasting” AI pilot uses statistical models to predict how extremist organizations would act based on social media patterns. […]
Florida-based Beast Code will combine its digital twin capabilities with Amentum’s engineering solutions under a strategic agreement to support federal modernization efforts. Beast Code’s offering aggregates data from various sources and presents it as a 3D digital twin. The offering is a web-based tool that can be installed on the cloud, in on-premises environments and […]
The Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Cost and Economics is conducting market research to determine the availability of vendors with the expertise and resources to operate and maintain the Cost Analysis and Visualization Environment system in cArmy, a cloud ecosystem meant for use by the U.S. Army. CAVE is an application used by […]
NASA is testing OpenAI for code-writing assistance, research summarization and other applications. NASA employees are using the Microsoft Azure cloud system to study generative artificial intelligence in a secure environment. Edward McLarney digital transformation lead for AI and machine learning at NASA, said as a precaution, employees looking to test generative AI are only allowed […]
The U.S. Air Force could issue a solicitation for its Cloud One Next program in August ahead of a potential contract award in spring 2024. C1N could succeed Cloud One, a secure platform to provide the service with access to commercial cloud capabilities. Maj. Gen. Anthony Genatempo, program executive officer for command, control, communications, intelligence […]
The National Science Foundation’s Institute for Trustworthy AI in Law and Society is one standout among programs prioritizing the use of trustworthy systems in industries where artificial intelligence will make an impact. A joint NSF program with the National Institute for Standards and Technology, TRAILS has tapped the University of Maryland, George Washington University and […]
