Artificial Intelligence

Biden’s Defense Nominees Push for Countering Cyber Threats and China’s Tech Progress

The department is rethinking operations amid the changing conflict landscape.

  • By Brandi Vincent

IRS Should Prioritize Auditing and Customer Service Modernization, Former Officials Say

Machine learning could be used to better serve taxpayers and help close the tax gap, they said.

  • By Alexandra Kelley

US Army to Stage Largest Robot Tank Experiment Ever

Its lessons will inform the Army’s next-gen-unmanned-vehicles plan to ask tech firms to deliver the brains and established firms to deliver the wheels.

  • By Patrick Tucker
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How Inter-Annotator Agreement Drives Confidence in Federal AI

With IAA, Agencies Can Measure and Monitor AI Capabilities

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The Future of Artificial Intelligence

This series examines the impacts of AI across government, from R&D spending to mission delivery.

  • By Nextgov Staff

The Biggest Lesson from the Army’s Connect-Everything Experiment

New labs to test interconnections are the key to joint all-domain command and control.

  • By Patrick Tucker

Pentagon’s Top Science Official Adds to Tech-Breakthrough Wishlist

Heidi Shyu, research and development undersecretary, said she went looking for tech areas to trim—and found that some vital ones had been overlooked.

  • By Patrick Tucker

The Air Force’s First Software Chief Stepped Down—But He Won’t Be Quiet

Nicolas Chaillan briefed Nextgov on his government exit, what’s to come, and why he believes the U.S. should ban TikTok.

  • By Brandi Vincent

Bringing a Human-Centered Approach to Immersive Experiences 

Change is always challenging, especially when a new technology is fighting the “novelty” perception.

  • By Bob Kleinhample

How Well Can AI Pick Targets From Satellite Photos? Army Test Aims to Find Out

The Scarlet Dragon exercise is evaluating ways the service might put new tools to use in the very near term.

  • By Patrick Tucker

NSA Cyber Chief Spells Out Near-Term Priorities

Ransomware is a top concern, but the agency is also looking ahead to defending networked weapons and post-quantum encryption.

  • By Brandi Vincent

Senate Bill Would Require New Metrics to Fuse Artificial Intelligence Across the U.S. Defense Landscape

It would fulfill a recent recommendation from the National Security Commission on AI.

  • By Brandi Vincent
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When Words Matter

How ‘transfer learning’ can supercharge natural language processing in government

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Why Improvisation Is the Future in an AI-Dominated World

Which human activities will survive the rise of intelligent machines?

  • By Rich Pellegrin, The Conversation

An Army Pilot Just Re-Invented Flight Training for the Digital Era

By teaching an AI to read instruments with a camera, you get the best of the human and machine worlds.

  • By Patrick Tucker
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5 Post-Pandemic Federal Telecom Trends 

The past year and a half of telework and remote service delivery have accelerated the impact of the government's digital transformation efforts.

  • By Tony Bardo

Vulnerabilities May Slow Air Force’s Adoption of Artificial Intelligence

More data on the battlefield means a wider attack surface, something the Defense Department has yet to prepare for, experts say.

  • By Patrick Tucker

How AI and Data Can Increase Resilience in the New Era of the Pandemic 

While we can’t stop crises from happening, we can find ways to use data to anticipate impact and help with recovery.

  • By Suzette Kent and Mark Herrington

Grants Management Shared Services Marketplace Set to Launch by End of 2021

The marketplace is getting set to launch with a suite of tools from other federal offices, like GrantSolutions.gov’s automated risk management tool.

  • By Aaron Boyd

Learn to Use Data or Risk Dying in Battle, New Army Project Teaches

Project Ridgway pushes soldiers to use—and even create—the artificial-intelligence tools that will confer military advantage.

  • By Patrick Tucker

Artificial Intelligence is Good at Less Exciting Military Roles Too

Maintenance is critical in the military, and this is a good example of how AI can be used right now to help improve operations.

  • By John Breeden II

Biden Calls for 'United Response' to Emerging Tech, Cyber Warfare in U.N. Speech

“It’s up to all of us to determine whether these technologies are a force to empower people or to deepen repression,” he said.

  • By Frank Konkel

Defense Tech Startup Led by Former Government Leaders Reaches $1 Billion Valuation

Rebellion Defense Founder Chris Lynch discussed the company’s recent endeavors and investments. 

  • By Brandi Vincent