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HHS issues call for AI to support its ‘power users’

The Department of Health and Human Services is ready to test what advanced artificial intelligence capabilities can best serve its staff that rely on more specialized AI features. 

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3 priorities for federal CISOs in the agentic era

COMMENTARY | As agentic AI use spreads across government, agencies need to develop security programs, craft playbooks for mitigating incidents and simulate adversarial attacks.

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Industry and academia call on administration to free Anthropic’s AI model

Over 30 industry and academic professionals signed a letter to the Trump administration asking it to lift export controls, citing international competition and patches to network vulnerabilities.

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Anthropic suspends top AI models after U.S. export control order

The company said it would disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all customers after the government imposed export controls on those products, citing national security concerns.

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VA’s AI chatbots not designated high-impact, despite clinical use, watchdog says

VA’s Inspector General noted that the agency’s two internal chatbots “are not designed specifically for clinical use,” although they have been deployed for such purposes.

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GSA’s AI adoption is driving significant time savings, officials say

GSA Deputy Administrator Michael Lynch said 70% of the agency’s workforce now regularly uses AI, which equates to “about 400,000 hours of just automation we've been able to unlock with technology.”

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White House discussions are weighing giving CISA Mythos access

Officials have considered having the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency leverage the advanced AI model that was designed to detect previously undiscovered cyber vulnerabilities to scan federal agencies’ networks.

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Lack of White House guidance has complicated agency Mythos adoption, people familiar say

Agency tech leaders say they don’t have clear direction from the White House on how to access and implement Anthropic’s cyber-focused AI model for their networks.

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An AI opened a coffee shop in Stockholm and started hiring. Chaos ensued.

A new weekly column on the tech reshaping the world from Stockholm to Singapore, including the parts nobody planned for.

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Warren seeks admin leadership to testify on AI policy

The Senate Banking Committee’s ranking member criticized the lack of administration officials asked to testify at an upcoming hearing on AI and the American Dream.

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Trump memo pushes national security agencies to move faster on AI

The directive calls for deeper partnerships with AI companies while directing agencies to guard frontier models and the data centers that power them from foreign adversaries.

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Lawmakers propose AI framework that would preempt state laws for 3 years

A bipartisan House proposal looks to codify existing programs, set an all-hands-on-deck approach to AI governance and allow for the federal preemption of state AI laws for 3 years.

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HHS wants states to use more predictive analytics in child welfare

The artificial intelligence push is part of the Trump administration’s agenda to modernize the child welfare system and address the shortage of foster homes across the U.S.

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US opposes global AI standards but sees value coordinating on ‘real-world harms,’ State official says

The White House wants to shape global AI norms by maintaining and advancing the nation’s tech superiority, but sees “potential benefits” in collaborating with international partners on some issues.

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Anthropic held cyberthreat briefings with agency CIOs last month

Discussions included how to defend digital assets following the debut of advanced AI models, like Anthropic’s Mythos.

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Trump signs AI executive order after postponement last month

The order encourages developers of advanced AI to grant the U.S. and certain critical infrastructure operators 30 days of pre-release model access. Earlier drafts had set 90 days of early access.

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Argonne launches high-performance computing-backed AI research service 

The new platform headquartered at Argonne National Laboratory grants Department of Energy researchers remote access to advanced AI models for scientific discovery.

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How the Library of Congress is using both AI and volunteers to unlock public broadcasting history

The FixIt+ platform uses AI-generated transcripts as a starting point, then relies on volunteers to refine them so historic public media becomes easier to search, study and understand.

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White House postpones signing of AI executive order

The order is expected to establish a voluntary framework for the government to view AI models ahead of release.