Ideas
Robots Can Outwit Us on the Virtual Battlefield, So Let's Not Put Them in Charge of the Real Thing
A bot called AlphaStar plays the popular real-time strategy game StarCraft II at Grandmaster level
Cybersecurity
Interior Grounds All Drones With Ties to Chinese Companies
The decision comes months after agency officials approved purchases of aircraft built by the Chinese firm SZ DJI Technology.
Emerging Tech
Deploying Bots Demands Workforce Buy-in
Agency officials detailed an important lesson they learned when implementing robotic process automation.
Cybersecurity
Report: 2020 is the Year Data Gets Weaponized
Research firm Forrester experts criminals and bad actors to weaponized artificial intelligence and machine learning, and the results won’t be pretty.
Emerging Tech
Army Consortium Wants Cutting-Edge Hemorrhage Detection Technology
Life-threatening blood loss has accounted for more than 33% of prehospital deaths and 50% of deaths occurring within 24 hours after a traumatic injury.
Cybersecurity
The Energy Department Is Transforming a Cyber Competition into a Hiring Tool
Top down leadership and a dedicated national lab team are helping the department embrace a new approach to closing the workforce gap.
Artificial Intelligence
DISA Is Looking to Buy AI-Powered Cyber Defenses
The tools would use automation and machine learning to respond to common cyberattacks without any human intervention, freeing personnel to focus on more complex intrusions.
Emerging Tech
Aviation Safety Bill Targets Challenges Posed by Flight Automation
It comes on the heels of two tragic commercial aircraft crashes that killed 346 in the last year.
Modernization
After 30 Years, the Last State Finally Automated Its Child Support System
South Carolina struggled for decades to switch from manual process run by counties to a largely automated system run by the state.
Ideas
5 Milestones that Created the Internet, 50 Years After the First Network Message
Will 2019 events become a turning point for the internet?
Cybersecurity
Stealthy Tool Detects Malware in Javascript
A new open-source tool called VisibleV8 allows users to track and record the behavior of JavaScript programs without alerting the websites that run those programs.
Emerging Tech
How an FAA Committee Aims to Accelerate Drone Integration
The Drone Advisory Committee recently offered recommendations around Remote Identification, or virtual license plates for drones.
Artificial Intelligence
Lawmakers, Think Tank To Develop Bipartisan National AI Strategy
Two representatives are teaming up with the Bipartisan Policy Center to work on a national framework for AI development and deployment.
Ideas
5G: Investing in a Smarter Alternative
The U.S. needs to deepen its commitment to research and development and a diverse supply chain.
Modernization
GSA, FCC Exploring New Ways to Combat Comment Bots and Abusers
Federal agencies want to stop fake and impersonated comments during the rulemaking process.
Digital Government
Military Algorithm Can Predict Illness 48 Hours Before Symptoms Show
The program lead says future troops might be deployed with wearables like watches or chest straps that will know when they are getting sick and how long it will take them to get better.
Digital Government
As Secret Pentagon Spending Rises, Defense Firms Cash in
Classified spending has edged up faster than overall defense budget requests, and accounts for nearly 11 percent of the $716 billion proposed for 2020.
Emerging Tech
Pentagon to Begin Testing 5G at Four Domestic Installations
The department will release a draft solicitation for the program in November.
Emerging Tech
How the Government Helped Google Reach Quantum Supremacy
Insiders from both the tech giant and the government detailed how the breakthrough was made possible through public-private collaboration.
Emerging Tech