Artificial Intelligence

NIST aims for summer release of AI cyber guidelines

Draft iterations of cybersecurity guidance for AI-driven threats across different types of emerging systems are in development as the federal government wades into AI model risk assessments.

Artificial Intelligence

House Homeland panel gets briefing on Anthropic’s Mythos

The conversation was “productive and focused on a range of AI security and competitiveness issues,” according to one person familiar with the meeting.

Emerging Tech

Air Force taps Salesforce’s Army contract for personnel modernization work

The enterprise license agreement is part of a $5.6 billion vehicle and will bring agentic artificial intelligence to workforce and logistics management.

Artificial Intelligence

‘No time to waste’ in prepping governments for AI cyber threats, top Dem lawmaker says

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called on the Department of Homeland Security to work closer with states and localities, and bemoaned the end of federal funding to an information-sharing center.

Ideas

Agentic AI just proved it can fix federal procurement — now let’s scale it

COMMENTARY | In today’s budget-constrained environment, where every dollar must stretch further and mission delivery is harder than ever, agentic AI offers a genuine path to doing more with less.

People

US imposes AI skills requirement on CyberCorps pipeline

New guidance requires programs to ensure that incoming scholars will be able to demonstrate skills at the intersection of AI and cybersecurity, a move that fast-tracks changes outlined in recent National Science Foundation policy.

Artificial Intelligence

White House is drafting plans to permit federal Anthropic use

The move suggests the Trump administration is easing its stance on the AI company, which faced a Pentagon supply chain risk designation and phaseout directive.

Artificial Intelligence

FDA to pilot real-time clinical drug trials through cloud and AI

The first-of-its-kind pilot could lead to speedier regulatory approval of medical drugs and devices and potentially reduce “20, 30, 40% of overall clinical trial time,” according to FDA Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer Jeremy Walsh.

Defense

Pentagon adds Google’s latest model to GenAI.mil as usage soars

Users have built more than 100,000 AI agents using the generative-AI platform, officials said.

Digital Government

IRS lacks transparent plans to leverage tech in the face of staffing cuts, GAO and employees say

Agency leaders are “shoving AI at us,” one IRS employee said, despite the fact that “they don’t have the right tools for us yet.”

Defense

Autonomous weapons will be ‘key and essential part’ of warfare, Joint Chiefs chair says

Chairman Dan Caine also said the U.S. needs to become a “better” buyer of advanced tools and tech for defense activities.

Emerging Tech

AI capabilities are needed to counter drone threats, senator says

Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., said the use of drones has changed modern conflicts and the U.S. needs to respond to this shifting environment by better leveraging artificial intelligence.

Ideas

The government is buying AI faster than it is assigning authority

COMMENTARY | Federal AI governance will become credible when agencies can answer a simple question before deployment, not after failure.

Artificial Intelligence

GSA No. 2 talks ‘million hours challenge,’ scaling agency AI efforts

GSA Deputy Administrator Michael Lynch last week offered a comprehensive look at the agency’s plans for key acquisition and shared services programs and new internal efforts aimed at automating work.

Artificial Intelligence

Agencies report over 3,000 AI use cases in 2025

The number of reported use cases more than doubled from 2024, revealing the federal government’s continued appetite to acquire advanced artificial intelligence for its workflows.

Ideas

How to scale value without scaling complexity

COMMENTARY | Instead of doing more with less, organizations should have experts focus on what they do best.

Cybersecurity

Anthropic’s Glasswing initiative raises questions for US cyber operations

Intelligence officials and industry are weighing how Claude Mythos Preview could reshape hacking and cyberdefense. The company has also briefed senior officials on the AI model it says has already uncovered thousands of cyber vulnerabilities.

Artificial Intelligence

Secret Service is embedding AI experts across the agency

“I think having this internal team will really help us transform our [AI] adoption across the organization,” Secret Service CIO and CAIO Chris Kraft said about the push to bring fresh tech talent into the agency.

Acquisition

Trade and industry groups warn of risks in GSA’s draft AI procurement guidance

The guidance would establish government rights to use artificial intelligence tools in “any lawful” context, a stipulation that has drawn concern from industry advocates.