The National Science Foundation has issued the fourth annual solicitation for its National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes program, which was launched in 2019 to provide funding opportunities for AI researchers. Up to $100 million will be awarded under the competition. The National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Strategic Plan’s 2023 update, emphasizing long-term AI research […]
Deloitte announced that it has incorporated generative AI into its suite of tools to help enhance the delivery of government health care services, modernize Medicaid systems, streamline administrative tasks and promote health services equity for underserved families and individuals. The company’s health solutions enhanced with GenAI include HealthMap, a tool for managing state Medicaid programs’ […]
Maj. Gen. Paul Stanton, commander of the U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence, said he wants service personnel to understand that artificial intelligence depends on large-scale data aggregation. Speaking at the TechNet Augusta conference, he added that the Army is considering how it can ensure confidence in the externally derived datasets used by AI algorithms. […]
The U.S. Naval Postgraduate School has selected SPEE3D to deploy XSPEE3D, its cold spray additive manufacturing technology at the Consortium for Additive Manufacturing Research and Education. XSPEE3D will support military postgraduate students, doctorate candidates and research professionals working on additive manufacturing-based maintenance, repair and operations aboard surface and undersea vessels. Navy researchers will use the […]
The U.S. Air Force will use C3 AI’s air logistics optimization application to ensure efficiency in aircraft fuel use. The C3 AI application uses information from sensors and mission data to create prediction models that would help Air Force officials establish more efficient flight protocols. According to the company, the application was proven to improve […]
The defense departments of the United States and Japan have agreed to develop a new weapon that can defeat advanced hypersonic threats during their glide phase of flight – the longest flight phase between the launch and the terminal phase. Work will be performed under the Glide Phase Interceptor cooperative development program. According to a […]
The U.S. Air Force is collecting data from its test on Saturday of a prototype hypersonic AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon as inputs for future weapons capable of speeds above Mach 5. The test, which was launched from a B-52H Stratofortress, is the latest since another operational ARRW prototype failed its test in March. The […]
The National Archives and Records Administration is planning to publish its inventory of artificial intelligence use cases on the public-facing website AI .gov to build transparency into the agency’s AI technology projects. Currently, the public is restricted from having access to NARA’s inventory uploaded to Max .gov, an internal federal information-sharing platform operated by the […]
The U.S. Army is seeking industry feedback on artificial intelligence bills of materials, which list the digital makeup and supply chain sources of third-party algorithms and applications. Young Bang, principal deputy assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology, explained that the service wants to avoid companies refusing to disclose certain ingredients in […]
The U.S. Army is searching for partners in additive manufacturing of parts for the M998 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle, for which a 3D-printed battery bracket is ready for mass production. According to Army Research Lab’s Eric Wetzel, team leader for the HMMWV parts project, the M998 3D printed battery bracket is a planned replacement […]
