The Government Accountability Office (GAO) provided an update on the progress its making on some of the agency’s own internal AI use cases that are either in the planning or implementation stages. […]
A top official from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) said on Tuesday that his agency is looking to embrace artificial intelligence, starting by building a people-centric foundation. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) needs new guidance aimed at better securing artificial intelligence (AI) systems and data in the department, according to a top DoD official. […]
Top Federal and industry IT experts said today that operationalizing AI at scale across the government requires leveraging existing governance frameworks, including President Biden’s recent AI executive order, to overcome hurdles with the emerging technology – like bias and transparency. […]
Federal agencies are already integrating artificial intelligence (AI) to support a range of government missions, but one Government Accountability Office (GAO) official said today that the Federal government is facing difficult decisions as it looks to implement new governance structures. […]
The White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is requesting public input on how privacy impact assessments (PIAs) may be more effective at mitigating privacy risks that are further exacerbated by AI technologies. […]
Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to flip the cyber threat landscape paradigm by helping defenders better mitigate future threats, a senior official at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) said on Thursday. […]
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has put artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomy technologies on its list of top research priorities for 2024, along with a host of areas more specific to weapons systems. […]
The Pentagon is on track to meet 2025 deadlines for the first iteration of its Replicator Initiative that aims to accelerate the delivery of innovative capabilities at speed and scale to warfighters, a senior official at the Defense Department’s (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) said on Jan. 24. […]
The National Science Foundation (NSF) officially launched the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) pilot today to serve as a shared national infrastructure to support the AI research community and power responsible AI use. […]
Jonathan Finch, acting director for digital experience in the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Federal CIO office, said today that OMB is evaluating the utility of artificial intelligence technologies as it looks to execute on multiple directives to improve how the government provides digital services to citizens. […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) had a busy 2023, delivering more care to more veterans than ever before. As the agency looks ahead to 2024, the VA’s Office of Information and Technology (VA OIT) is looking to hire more AI experts to help the agency upgrade some of its digital healthcare tools. […]
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., chair of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee’s Cybersecurity, IT, and Government Innovation Subcommittee, called out the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on Wednesday for what she called its slow work in implementing the 2020 AI in Government Act. […]
The director of the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) said today that Federal privacy legislation must work in harmonization with Congress’ forthcoming legislation to create guardrails on artificial intelligence (AI) development. […]
The “No Artificial Intelligence Fake Replicas and Unauthorized Duplications (AI FRAUD) Act” – introduced this week by Reps. Madeleine Dean, D-Pa., and Maria Salazar, R-Fla. – aims to protect Americans’ identities from misuse via AI. […]
Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif. – alongside Reps. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, Don Beyer, D-Va., and Marcus Molinaro, R-N.Y. – this week introduced the Federal AI Risk Management Act, a bipartisan and bicameral bill to require U.S. Federal agencies and vendors to follow the AI risk management guidelines put forth by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). […]
The age of artificial intelligence (AI) is upon us. AI is everywhere, dominating headlines and conversations as it and machine learning (ML) technologies advance toward adoption at a rapid pace. […]
Experts from government and academia said this week that successful adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies depends on a host of factors including strong leadership on the technology front, along with a good understanding of the contents of data sets that are used to train AI applications. […]
The Aspen Institute’s US and Global Cybersecurity Groups released a new report on Tuesday that offers up recommendations on how to safely use AI in cybersecurity and steers organizations toward a “good place” where AI predominantly helps defenders. […]
When generative AI first made waves with the launch of ChatGPT in late 2022, one major concern that arose within the Federal government and beyond was the idea that the tool would steal people’s jobs. Something akin to the opposite of that trend emerged today at a hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. […]
As the United States continues its work on developing AI regulations, one industry expert said today that “radical collaboration” between tech companies and policymakers will be crucial to that process. […]
The Department of Labor (DoL) has tapped its Deputy Chief Information Officer (CIO) Louis Charlier to serve in the dual-hatted role of chief AI officer (CAIO), a department spokesperson confirmed to MeriTalk today. […]
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is searching for a chief data officer (CDO) who will also serve as the agency’s responsible AI official (RAIO) and chief AI officer (CAIO), according to a USAJOBS posting. […]
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) will share its recommendations on artificial intelligence (AI) accountability policy “soon,” NTIA Administrator Alan Davidson said in a 2023 year-in-review blog post. […]
With the prevalence of AI technology becoming ubiquitous in daily life, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently released a new paper warning of hackers looking to potentially manipulate or “poison” AI data sets for malicious purposes. […]
Reps. Don Beyer, D-Va., and Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., have introduced new legislation that aims to make artificial intelligence models more transparent by requiring the creators of these models to make certain information publicly available to consumers. […]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is moving to reestablish a new version of its Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council (CSRIC) advisory committee to take a look at how artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies can boost communications network security. […]
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has authorized a government-wide direct hire authority for artificial intelligence (AI) positions, in an effort to help with the AI hiring surge following President Biden’s recent AI executive order (EO). […]
A sampling of execs from some of the Federal government’s top IT and service vendors is showing consensus that artificial intelligence (AI) technologies will continue to be a major hot-button issue in government tech circles in 2024, with cybersecurity and workforce development also making strong showings in the new year. […]
2023 was the year of artificial intelligence (AI), and MeriTalk can say without a shadow of a doubt that 2024 will be just as action-packed with Federal AI goodies. […]