AI talent role, releasing code, deadline extension among additions in OMB memo
Additions and edits to the Office of Management and Budget’s final memo on AI governance create additional public disclosure requirements, provide more compliance time to federal agencies, and...
View ArticleDepartment of Commerce announces US, UK AI safety partnership
The U.S. and U.K. on Monday signed an agreement to have their AI safety institutes work together on research, evaluations and guidance, furthering the Biden administration’s commitment to work with...
View ArticleCDC’s generative AI pilots include school closure tracking, website updates
An artificial intelligence service deployed within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is being put to the test for things like modernizing its websites and capturing information on school...
View ArticleState Department trims several uses from public AI inventory
The Department of State recently removed several items from its public artificial intelligence use case inventory, including a behavioral analytics system and tools to collect and analyze media clips....
View ArticleSalesforce launches ‘Einstein 1’ generative AI tool for government
Salesforce on Wednesday announced a public sector version of its “Einstein 1” platform aimed at automating administrative tasks for government employees with artificial intelligence. The platform is...
View ArticleDOJ ‘not aware of any’ identity theft, fraud following consultant’s data breach
A data breach that exposed Medicare information — including social security numbers — provided to consulting firm Greylock McKinnon Associates by the Justice Department doesn’t appear to have resulted...
View ArticleHouse Modernization panel advances bill to improve CRS’s data access in...
A bill to improve the Congressional Research Service’s access to federal data was one of two bipartisan pieces of legislation advanced Thursday at the first-ever markup by the Committee on House...
View ArticleKiran Ahuja to step down as OPM director
Office of Personnel Management Director Kiran Ahuja is stepping down after three years leading the federal civilian workforce agency. Ahuja, who is the longest-serving OPM director in more than 10...
View ArticleCommerce adds five members to AI Safety Institute leadership
The Department of Commerce has added five people to the AI Safety Institute’s leadership team, including current administration officials, a former OpenAI manager, and academics from Stanford and the...
View ArticleCongressional panel outlines five guardrails for AI use in House
A House panel has outlined five guardrails for deployment of artificial intelligence tools in the chamber, providing more detailed guidance as lawmakers and staff explore the technology. The Committee...
View ArticleWhite House hopeful ‘more maturity’ of data collection will improve AI...
An expansion of the process for agencies’ AI use case inventories outlined in the Office of Management and Budget’s recent memo will benefit from “clearer directions and more maturity of collecting...
View ArticleDOJ seeks public input on AI use in criminal justice system
The Justice Department’s National Institute of Justice is looking for public input on the use of artificial intelligence in the criminal system. In a document posted for public inspection on the...
View ArticleACLU seeks AI records from NSA, Defense Department in new lawsuit
The American Civil Liberties Union is seeking the disclosure of records related to the National Security Agency’s use of artificial intelligence, as the Biden administration emphasizes transparency...
View ArticleOPM issues generative AI guidance, competency model for AI roles required by...
Guidance on generative AI and a competency model for AI roles are among the latest actions that the Office of Personnel Management has completed under President Joe Biden’s executive order on the...
View ArticleNIST launches GenAI evaluation program, releases draft publications on AI...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology announced a new program to evaluate generative AI and released several draft documents on the use of the technology Monday, as the government hit a...
View ArticleState Department to use new Purdue tech diplomacy platform to train officials
The U.S. Department of State is the first organization to adopt a brand-new platform from Purdue’s Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy that’s aimed at providing education on emerging technologies in...
View ArticleOPM’s new HR Marketplace aims to be ‘community center’ for federal services
The Office of Personnel Management’s recent launch of an online marketplace for human resources solutions is just the beginning of what the agency hopes will be a one-stop shop for HR best practices,...
View ArticleNSF, Energy announce first 35 projects to access National AI Research...
The National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy on Monday announced the first 35 projects to access the pilot for the National AI Research Resource, allowing computational time for a...
View ArticleSchumer says AI roadmap coming soon from Senate working group
The Senate’s bipartisan working group on artificial intelligence will release a roadmap “within a few weeks” that charts a path forward for congressional work on the technology following its series of...
View ArticleNSF is piloting an AI chatbot to connect people with grants
The National Science Foundation is piloting a public-facing AI chatbot for grant opportunities, while simultaneously using that process to shape future implementations of the technology, the agency’s...
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