State Department orders ‘super intelligence’ wording across all official communications
State Department orders ‘super intelligence’ wording across all official communications
Artificial Intelligence
USPTO looks to AI agents to ease examiner workloads
The office’s Acting Commissioner for Patents Barry Schindler said putting agents in the hands of its examiners “can shorten that [review process] to one year, because you can pick up the phone and have conversations.”
Emerging Tech
NASA’s self-driving Mars rover sets an off-world mileage record
NASA’s Perseverance rover just broke the longest off-planet driving distance record thanks largely to its impressive auto navigation and self-driving systems.
Cybersecurity
Democrats warn tech firms of election security ‘backsliding’ ahead of midterms
Senior intelligence and election oversight lawmakers want social media companies and AI developers to strengthen safeguards against false voting information, foreign influence campaigns and deceptive AI content.
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GovExec TV: Five Questions with Ashley Evans
Discover how the Department of the Navy is modernizing financial management and leveraging AI with insights from SAP and Navy leadership.
Artificial Intelligence
Google Public Sector unveils Gemini for government services
Agencies already have discounted access to Gemini through Nov. 15 under a OneGov deal.
Policy
Permitting reform ‘single most important thing we could do for national security,’ senator says
Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., said China’s energy production “is really something we have to compete on, and right now we can't do that without permitting.”
Policy
HHS issues seven nonconformity letters in crackdown on health data blocking
The Trump administration is seeking to give patients access to electronic health information through the enforcement of regulations and “troubleshooting call[s].”
Digital Government
Report: How to make government websites AI friendly
As residents’ use of AI to find government information grows, a new report from the Beeck Center offers recommendations for officials to ensure their content doesn’t get excluded from outputs.
Ideas
Congress is already paying for loan systems. It should pay for one.
COMMENTARY | A shared lending platform could save hundreds of millions of dollars annually, reduce fraud and speed up federal loans.
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Cybersecurity
Senator warns hundreds of federal web addresses may lack key spying protection
The list includes websites for FBI tips, intelligence job applications and the Veterans Crisis Line.
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Explore how the Department of the Interior is advancing ERP modernization and generative AI to transform government operations.
Digital Government
VA pushes external providers to adopt tech streamlining veteran specialist appointments
The effort comes after Secretary Doug Collins told lawmakers last year the federal government is doing “everything we possibly can” to boost the technology’s adoption.
Policy
Tech bills of the week: Cutting federal funding for Flock; Making data centers shoulder their power costs; and more
Lawmakers are continuing to take bipartisan aim at the use of artificial intelligence-powered surveillance systems and at data center development and operations.
Ideas
The Fed's 35-year open data bet is a model for the AI era
COMMENTARY | Half of FRED's friends are now computers. The St. Louis Fed's response offers a playbook for every agency that publishes data.
Artificial Intelligence
Utah AI sandbox launches new health care pilots — with question marks
The state is mulling how the high-profile AI initiative will tackle medical liability concerns, independent third-party analysis and other questions.
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People
Former Transportation CIO most proud of creating ‘momentum for change’
Pavan Pidugu resigned his position as the Transportation Department’s chief information officer on Sept. 4.
Artificial Intelligence
CMS hopes to quadruple provider suspensions over next six months, official says
A new exclusion authority is the Trump administration’s latest step in a technology-enabled drive to restrict fraud, waste and abuse.
Artificial Intelligence
Everybody hated Socrates
A neuroscientist built a model that scores zero on every benchmark. It made more of its users smarter than anything else she tested.
Artificial Intelligence
AI offers Secret Service unique mission enhancements, official says
Threats against the Secret Service’s full-time protectees are up over 40% since last year. The service’s CIO and CAIO Chris Kraft said AI “can help us as we investigate those threats, monitor those threats [and] bring together correlations between seemingly disparate information.”
Artificial Intelligence
Transportation turns to AI to trace research grant recipients’ links to foreign adversaries
Neil Chaudhry, senior advisor for AI at Transportation, says the agency has worked with its partners to create “some really robust AI tools” to analyze the recipients of its research grants.
Cybersecurity
US moves to staff leaders for industry-partnered offensive cyber program
The Trump administration is laying groundwork to enlist companies against foreign cybercriminals, but payment arrangements and protections for participating firms remain unresolved.
