The Department of Commerce has launched the CHIPS Women in Construction Framework, an initiative designed to boost female participation in semiconductor construction projects funded by the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors program. The initiative aligns with Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo’s broader Million Women in Construction program, which aims to double the number of women […]
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has named Ted Kaouk as its first chief artificial intelligence officer. His appointment expands his existing responsibilities as the CFTC’s chief data officer and director of the data division. In his new role, Kaouk will be in charge of developing an enterprise data and artificial intelligence strategy to improve data-driven […]
National Archives and Records Administration employees are prohibited from using ChatGPT for work starting Monday. In a memo to employees, Keith Day, NARA’s chief information security officer, cited media reports indicating that the large language models of ChatGPT and other AI services now hold personally identifiable and corporate proprietary information. “If sensitive, non-public NARA data […]
The Department of Energy has announced a variety of initiatives in support of President Joe Biden’s executive order on the safe, secure and trustworthy development and use of artificial intelligence. Among its new efforts supporting Biden’s AI plan is the VoltAIC project, which aims to use the $13 million grant to develop AI-enabled solutions to […]
The Federal Aviation Administration is taking a cautious approach to integrating artificial intelligence into its operations amid the unique challenges it faces with the emerging technology. FAA acting Administrator Polly Trottenberg said that while the FAA continues to face hurdles in deploying AI, it has already started using predictive analysis, machine learning and AI to […]
The National Science Foundation presented its quantum information science and technology research projects before Congress Tuesday in hopes of securing continued funding. The event comes after Congress imposed a budget cut on the NSF for fiscal year 2024, allocating $9.06 billion, which is lower than the 2023 funding level and President Joe Biden’s budget request, […]
The U.S. government intends to invest $6.14 billion in Micron Technology through the CHIPS and Science Act to support the construction of two semiconductor fabrication plants in New York and one in Idaho. On Thursday, the Department of Commerce and Micron signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms specifying the government’s proposed funding, which will […]
The U.S. General Services Administration is planning to form an Open Government Federal Advisory Committee, which will serve as an advisory body to the agency on initiatives promoting government transparency. The OG FAC’s primary function will be to provide expert advice on the development, implementation and monitoring of the U.S. Open Government National Action Plans, […]
The National Science Foundation is collaborating with the Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to drive agricultural robotics research. Through a Dear Colleague Letter, the agencies are seeking proposals for groundbreaking research on robots with the potential to transform farming practices and tackle critical agricultural issues such as rising food demands and […]
Hanna Kim, the incumbent deputy director of Technology Transformation Services, will take over as director of Login .gov, effective May 11. On Wednesday, the General Services Administration announced that Kim will succeed Dan Lopez-Braus, who will be a TTS senior adviser. Before Login .gov, she spent five years at Amazon, helping develop artificial intelligence-based technologies […]
