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Transportation launches $15M AI effort to improve US street infrastructure
The program marries existing agency priorities with emerging technologies, and asks small businesses to drive innovation in infrastructure data visualization.
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Lawmakers seek to probe AI’s environmental impacts
A new bill would bring together the EPA and NIST to help Congress understand how AI is negatively or positively impacting the environment.
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Pentagon’s new bug bounty seeks to find bias in AI systems
The head of DOD’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office said “the outcome of the AI bias bounties could powerfully impact future DOD AI policies and adoption.”
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Agencies are on track with AI executive order deadlines, White House says
At the 90-day mark since President Joe Biden’s sweeping artificial intelligence executive order, agencies have met mandated timelines, with some initiatives ahead of schedule.
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VA should establish an AI disclosure process, Republican lawmaker says
Though the Department of Veterans Affairs has already made “admirable” use of artificial intelligence, transparency “has got to be elevated to a top priority,” according to Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont.
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Stop funding predictive policing tech without ‘evidence standards,’ lawmakers tell DOJ
Seven Democrats are urging Attorney General Merrick Garland to cease grant funding for predictive policing systems until DOJ ensures they are not having “a discriminatory impact.”
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USAID wants help in crafting a playbook for global AI uses
The federal government’s latest artificial intelligence guidance is looking to take recommendations from earlier risk management documents.
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DISA plots 'concierge AI' to help staffers
The agency is undertaking some early proof of concept initiatives, including a “concierge AI” tool, to see how emerging technologies can support its workforce.
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FTC to probe big tech firms on AI deals
The Federal Trade Commission is looking deeper into major technology companies’ investments and partnerships with fellow artificial intelligence and cloud service providers.
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Law enforcement needs standards for using AI algorithms, GAO official says
The director of Science, Technology Assessment and Analytics at the Government Accountability Office told lawmakers there should be transparency in how such algorithms work and when they are used.
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Congress should create an agency to oversee digital platforms, senators write
A bipartisan group of lawmakers are pushing Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to create the oversight body as part of an effort to craft an AI policy framework.
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NSF launches AI resource pilot to spur US innovation
Nine other federal agencies and several private sector entities have signed on to support the program.
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NTIA wants ‘the whole lifecycle of accountability’ to assess AI systems, agency head says
NTIA Administrator Alan Davidson said an agency report on artificial intelligence accountability “coming out this winter” will help outline an auditing process for the new tech.
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Capturing AI’s potential needs a ‘two-way street’ between the feds and states, cities
A senior White House official said all levels of government need to work together on artificial intelligence to “move faster” to tackle big problems.
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Can NIST get it all done?
The small technology agency has a big share of the responsibility for executing on the Biden administration's executive order on artificial intelligence.
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How often does ChatGPT push misinformation?
Researchers found that one of the most popular generative-AI tools agreed with false statements up to one-quarter of the time.
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House lawmakers join push for agencies to disclose public-impacting AI uses
A group of House members from both parties rolled out companion legislation to a Senate bill that would require agencies to notify individuals when they are engaging with AI tools.
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House lawmakers introduce AI risk management bill
The measure is a companion to a Senate bill offered last year
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Improving government capacity is key for AI deployment, experts tell Congress
The chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Gary Peters, D-Mich., said he plans to zero in on procurement and AI, specifically.
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