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Billions in AI Investments and a New Deterrence Strategy Coming, SecDef Says
The Defense Secretary committed $1.5 billion over five years to the Pentagon’s artificial intelligence hub.
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How USPTO’s First Emerging Tech Director Is Approaching the Nascent Role
Jerry Ma recently offered a glimpse into his first months with the agency.
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How JEDI’s Ghost Will Bring Bitter Rivals Together
The death of the Pentagon’s controversial cloud computing mega-contract likely puts Amazon and Microsoft in a new sort of partnership.
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National Lab Researchers Boost Chip Design Processes With Artificial Intelligence
The experiments could hold the potential to help ease future semiconductor shortages.
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DARPA Wants AI That Can Learn From Others’ Experiences
The advanced research agency is putting up $1 million per project to overcome challenges associated with AI systems learning from each other.
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Experts Assess the Unexplained in Government’s Recent UFO Report
Officials briefed Nextgov on notable inclusions—and what might come next.
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Pentagon Cyber Official: Digital Authoritarianism is a National Security Threat
Mieke Eoyang, deputy assistant defense secretary for cyber policy, said digital authoritarianism is one of the Pentagon's current challenges.
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It's Time to Wargame Against an AI-Enabled China
Top commanders say military training needs to reflect how artificial intelligence will change the pace of war.
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U.S., EU Create Council to Consider and Coordinate Tech Standards
It could be a vessel to puzzle out new regulations, according to the Commerce secretary.
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Deputy Defense Secretary Says US Needs to Defend Its Artificial Intelligence Better
AI safety is often overlooked in the private sector, but Deputy Secretary Kathleen Hicks wants the Defense Department to lead a cultural change.
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Survey: Government Faces Increasing Threat from Stolen Accounts
But agencies may not be taking the right steps to mitigate the account takeovers.
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South Korea to Add Robots-on-Rails and AI Surveillance to DMZ Border
The demilitarized zone between North and South Korea will be getting new surveillance technologies in the coming months, Korean news outlets report.
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White House Forms Team to Develop Blueprint for National AI Infrastructure
Officials also previewed another in-the-pipeline, AI-aligned pursuit.
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Senate Puts China in Crosshairs With Passage of Innovation and Competition Act
The legislation is long and its details remain murky—but here’s what we know.
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Deputy Defense Secretary Outlines Responsible AI Tenets in New Memo
Kathleen Hicks also designated the JAIC director to lead a working council charged with writing a responsible AI strategy.
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Army, University of Maryland Enter Cooperative Artificial Intelligence Partnership
The joint effort will aim to advance multiple projects focused on AI, autonomy, and modeling and simulation.
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New National Lab Supercomputer Inches America Closer to the Exascale Era
Officials said it should lead the Top500 list ranking the world’s most powerful machines.
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Air Force, Space Force Projects Will Speed Object Identification, Security Implementation
One project will use generative AI to identify space objects and another will use automation to improve the security compliance process in Space Force software development.
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Agencies Are Getting Good at Buying AI But Still Have Trouble Securing It
A Homeland Security Department procurement official said securing and fielding advanced technologies is “not going to get any easier.”
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