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Agency AI use doubled in 2024, GAO finds
Results from a 2023 to 2024 survey indicate rapid growth of mission support-oriented artificial intelligence tools in federal workplaces.
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Lawmakers, former officials press Commerce over NVIDIA’s chip sales to China
A NVIDIA spokesperson said criticisms of the company’s resumption of H20 chip sales to China “are misguided and inconsistent with the Administration's AI Action Plan.”
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TSA seeks private sector input to enhance airport security
The agency is seeking solutions that “leverage innovative technology” to improve the security screening experience for both travelers and TSA personnel.
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Trump’s order to remove ‘woke’ AI from government may have ‘downstream impacts,’ experts worry
Some experts and advocates warned that last week's executive order will have a chilling effect on free speech.
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NIH launches new AI agent for analyzing genomic data
GeneAgent is the latest AI tool leveraged to expedite discovery in biomedical research fields.
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AWS and Idaho National Lab to collaborate on AI for nuclear energy
Software from Amazon Web Services will help the Idaho National Laboratory research and scale modular nuclear reactors to help power data centers.
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Energy announces first 4 AI data center sites on federal lands
Four federal facilities have been selected to host new artificial intelligence-ready data centers, with help from private sector partners.
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Trump signs 3 executive orders to advance AI
The orders mirror tenets outlined in the administration’s National AI Action Plan released earlier that day.
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White House unveils AI action plan targeting regulation and ‘ideological bias’
The Trump administration’s goal is to make the U.S. a pro-AI innovation economy, relying on less bureaucratic barriers and open-source models to help win the global tech race.
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Resuming NVIDIA’s AI chip sales to China could weaken US leadership, lawmaker says
House Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar, R-Mich., said Beijing-focused export controls should be designed to keep China’s military “from leapfrogging ahead with U.S. hardware.”
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Trump to unveil 3 AI executive orders in lead-up to sweeping action plan
A deluge of executive actions on artificial intelligence are set to be released this week, each underscoring the pro-innovation, America-first Trump administration posture toward AI, people familiar say.
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Congress’ AI moratorium isn’t dead yet, Rep. McCormick says
A provision preventing states from enforcing AI regulations did not make it into the final reconciliation law, but advocates are still pushing for its passage.
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Inside VA’s yearslong AI effort to uncover veterans at high risk of suicide
VA’s REACH VET model scans veterans’ electronic health records to identify those in the top 0.1% of suicide risk and then provide them with more targeted support.
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Anthropic’s Claude for Enterprise expands deployment at Lawrence Livermore
Lawrence Livermore National Lab will be able to use Claude to wrangle large datasets, generate scientific hypotheses and more.
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AI moratorium could return despite removal from ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
Senators passed an amendment removing the provision that would have prevented states regulating the tech for 10 years. But some experts warn that a repeat effort is likely and could be successful.
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New MIT study suggests that too much AI use could increase cognitive decline
Participants who exclusively used the AI to help write essays showed weaker brain connectivity, lower memory retention and a fading sense of ownership over their work.
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Senate overwhelmingly passes amendment removing state AI moratorium
After attempting to negotiate a shorter moratorium timeframe, a bipartisan team of senators succeeded in striking the provision that would have prevented states from enforcing AI regulations from the Big Beautiful Bill.
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Senate Democrats want more information on SSA’s use of AI on its phone lines
A new letter sent to the SSA Commissioner Frank Bisignano follows Nextgov/FCW reporting that an anti-fraud check installed on the agency’s phone lines found very little likely fraud.
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AI companies see openings to improve federal, defense operations
Executives at OpenAI and Anthropic have both championed artificial intelligence as the future of government workflows.
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