Artificial Intelligence
Modernization redefined: Why public sector IT leaders must put data at the center of AI architecture
COMMENTARY | Public sector organizations must put data first when making infrastructure choices.
AI, once relegated to helping hackers with certain tasks, can now power every stage of a cyberattack
Researchers determined that AI was used in steps across entire cyber operations to identify security flaws, generate commands and carry out parts of intrusions, sometimes with little human oversight. Both U.S. and Chinese AI models have been involved.
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Don’t just pick the low-hanging fruit — harvest the whole orchard
The instinct is to point AI at low-stakes busywork. The bigger payoff is the high-stakes work everyone’s avoiding. Why don’t we have both?
What the Telecommunications Act of 1996 teaches the federal government about governing AI
COMMENTARY | The federal government's responsibility is to establish clear rules before markets become entrenched.
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When Words Matter
How ‘transfer learning’ can supercharge natural language processing in government
Anthropic taps Teresa Carlson as public sector lead
A veteran of several major tech companies, Carlson will serve as Anthropic’s first Global Head of Public Sector.
Federal zero trust faces challenges with AI agents
COMMENTARY | There is no realistic path where federal agencies opt out of agentic AI.
Energy expects Genesis Mission will double R&D productivity in coming decade
Department of Energy forecasts major scientific productivity and impact gains with the Genesis Mission, while also aiming to redefine artificial intelligence’s purpose.
Lawmaker warns of administration’s ‘fetishization’ of Silicon Valley startups
Rep. James Walkinshaw, D-Va., discussed his plans to scrutinize Trump-era contracting practices, revive federal IT oversight and push for AI policy.
Stop automating inefficiency and scale AI the right way
COMMENTARY | Four operational realities that agencies must address before AI can deliver mission impact at scale.
Meet Mona, the AI Who Runs a Stockholm Coffee Shop
From the outside, Andon Cafe looks like any other coffee shop.
Want to join NGA? Bring AI skills, agency leader says
Even current National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency workers are getting new training.
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3 priorities for federal CISOs in the agentic era
COMMENTARY | As agentic AI use spreads across government, agencies need to develop security programs, craft playbooks for mitigating incidents and simulate adversarial attacks.
OpenAI’s ChatGPT to debut on GenAI.mil in ‘early July’
The company is working closely with the Pentagon’s Chief Digital Artificial Intelligence Office to deliver more model access via GenAI.mil.
US counterintelligence agency looks to AI to accelerate background checks
A Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency official says advanced AI can cut parts of the vetting process from months to hours.
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White House discussions are weighing giving CISA Mythos access
Officials have considered having the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency leverage the advanced AI model that was designed to detect previously undiscovered cyber vulnerabilities to scan federal agencies’ networks.
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Warner proposes overhaul of critical infrastructure cyber plans as AI threats rise
The measure would require CISA to refresh long-outdated sector cybersecurity plans as lawmakers warn that advanced AI tools could accelerate the discovery and exploitation of software flaws.
An AI opened a coffee shop in Stockholm and started hiring. Chaos ensued.
A new weekly column on the tech reshaping the world from Stockholm to Singapore, including the parts nobody planned for.
A practical blueprint for AI transformation in the public sector
COMMENTARY | Stop viewing AI as a standalone miracle and start viewing it as the engine within a larger machine.
What DOGE taught us about AI and federal workers
COMMENTARY | Mass layoffs have left thousands of federal workers unemployed and struggling to find their footing as AI accelerates disruption across the public sector.
AI is compressing attack timelines. Here's how agencies can respond.
COMMENTARY | The zero-day clock is already running.
