Artificial Intelligence

NASA Collaborated With Autodesk To Design A New Interplanetary Lander

Figuring out a way to explore distant moons requires some creative thinking.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

These Companies Are Pitching AI to the U.S. Military

The Pentagon’s AI shopping list is similar to a Silicon Valley company’s: fast data organization, predictive maintenance, and mitigation for threats.

  • By Dave Gershgorn and Justin Rohrlich, Quartz

Facebook Increases Effort to Remove Terrorist Content

The social network has improved its numbers.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild
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Artificial Intelligence Unleashed

How agencies can use AI to automate & augment operations to improve performance.

NIST Teams Up with IBM’s Watson to Rate How Dangerous Computer Bugs Are

The artificial intelligence program will replace tedious work done by human analysts.

  • By Joseph Marks

European Countries to Test AI Border Guards

A new program replaces human border guards with artificially intelligent avatars to watch for deception in travelers. It follows similar efforts that go back a decade.

  • By Patrick Tucker, Defense One

Alexa Will Now Talk to You About the Midterms

She can answer most of your election questions.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

Google Is Giving $25 Million to People Who Want to Use AI For Good

You don’t have to be an AI expert to apply.

  • By Dave Gershgorn, Quartz

Pentagon Doesn’t Want Real Artificial Intelligence In War, Former Official Says

No one at the Defense Department wants weapons that make their own decisions, said former Deputy Secretary Bob Work.

  • By Aaron Boyd

Police Are Using Artificial Intelligence to Spot Written Lies

Grammar can give away whether you're telling the truth or not.

  • By Olivia Goldhill, Quartz
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Technology Advances. Federal Impacts.

Technology is now firmly embedded throughout our everyday activities, but its reach is larger than that: businesses are using their products and services to reshape, reimagine, and transform how our society works, communicates, and lives.

We Need More Pentagon and Tech Industry Collaboration, Not Less

Now more than ever our country needs the government and private sector to partner to win the artificial intelligence race.

  • By Scott Bolick

DARPA Wants to Build Computers With 'Common Sense'

It’s one of the many programs the agency will fund under its $2 billion next-generation artificial intelligence initiative.

  • By Jack Corrigan

Federal CIO: Artificial Intelligence Initiatives Will Flop Without Quality Data

The government’s AI adoption must go hand in hand with improvements to data management, Suzette Kent said.

  • By Jack Corrigan

Companies Are On The Hook If Their Hiring Algorithms Are Biased

Machine learning can't solve everything.

  • By Dave Gershgorn, Quartz

Emerging Technologies Will Disrupt Government. Here’s What to Do About It.

Forward-thinking government leaders can follow these steps to stay ahead of the curve.

  • By RJ Krawiec and Alan Holden

Could Do-It-Yourself AI Make People More Comfortable with It?

As artificial intelligence makes strides in government, it could be helpful to see for yourself what the tech can do.

  • By John Breeden II

Defense Innovation Board to Explore the Ethics of AI in War

The advisory group will provide the Pentagon with recommendations after hearing from academics, industry and the public.

  • By Aaron Boyd

Companies Should Help You Retrain When You’re Automated Out of a Job

400 million workers could be displaced by 2030.

  • By James Manyika, Quartz

Defense Intel Chief Worried About Chinese ‘Integration of Human and Machines’

The future of human performance is a research race, and the U.S. shouldn’t take its lead for granted, the DIA director says.

  • By Patrick Tucker, Defense One

DHS Employees Form Grassroots Community of Interest Around Artificial Intelligence

After a well-attended kickoff meeting this summer, the budding AI community of interest is looking at how best to grow.

  • By Aaron Boyd

Alexa, Should We Trust You?

The voice revolution has only just begun. Today, Alexa is a humble servant. Very soon, she could be much more—a teacher, a therapist, a confidant, an informant.

  • By Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic