Artificial Intelligence
US to lift export controls on key Anthropic models
Anthropic’s cybersecurity-focused Mythos 5 and Fable 5 are expected to be reactivated for respective users following permission from the Commerce Department.
CIA will take ‘smart risks’ and ‘course correct’ as it adopts AI, director says
“We simply can’t afford to wait for a risk-free approach to emerging tech. It doesn’t exist. We have to move fast. We have to be aggressive,” CIA Director John Ratcliffe said.
OpenAI releases new GPT-5.6 model to select partners
The approach is similar to Anthropic’s Project Glasswing and follows a Trump administration request that the company limit access.
AI has helped to slash nuclear licensing review times, NRC official says
Some reviews that once took four years to complete are done in nine months, NRC Chief Data Officer and Deputy Chief AI Officer Basia Sall said on Thursday.
Agencies look to AI to improve hiring and build workforce skills
The chief human capital officers also emphasized the importance of improving the skillset of the mid-career workforce.
Parts of NSA lose Mythos 5 access amid Anthropic supply chain dispute
The access issue comes as the Five Eyes alliance is warning that frontier AI could soon accelerate both cyberattacks and cyber defense.
Meet Mona, the AI Who Runs a Stockholm Coffee Shop
From the outside, Andon Cafe looks like any other coffee shop.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
An AI opened a coffee shop in Stockholm and started hiring. Chaos ensued.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
