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Pentagon Shop Wants Machine Learning to Fix Complex RPA Processes
The office does not want new robotic process automation tools or cloud providers, according to a Defense Innovation Unit solicitation.
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TSA Issues Road Map to Tackle Insider Threat With Artificial Intelligence
The agency says protection of privacy and civil liberties will be a guiding principle.
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Agencies Lean Into Automation During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Robotic process automation is accelerating across the National Institutes of Health, Internal Revenue Service and Housing and Urban Development Department.
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USPTO Adds Company to $50M Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Contract
General Dynamics Information Technology joins at least 12 companies on the Patent and Trademark Office’s future-facing blanket purchase agreement.
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Pentagon Task Force Turns to Data to Shape COVID-19 Response
The group aims to determine potential risks to the Defense Department and mission readiness through quality data and models.
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Quantum Hardware Could Cut AI Power Needs
Sharing intelligence features between hardware and software would offset the energy needed for using AI in more advanced applications such as self-driving cars or discovering drugs.
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Pentagon Wants Better Data For Its Predictive Aircraft Maintenance AI
The Pentagon’s AI center is looking to break through past challenges it has faced advancing predictive maintenance among select aircraft.
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COVID-19 Is Accelerating Trends in the U.S.-China Relationship
Economic analysts see a closing window for U.S. policymakers to engage with Chinese counterparts on areas of mutual interest and benefit.
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COVID-19 Is Accelerating AI in Health Care. Are Federal Agencies Ready?
Agencies need to have a plan in place to capitalize on AI.
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Pentagon Wants AI to Predict Behavioral Changes in Troops
The Defense Department wants artificial intelligence that can tell when shifts in behavior could have “unwanted negative outcomes” for troops, their units and their missions.
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Sammie Finalists Highlight Outstanding Accomplishments of Federal Employees
Dr. Anthony Fauci is one of 27 career civil servants recognized in the Partnership for Public Service’s prestigious annual awards program.
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3 Ways Technology Meets Empathy to Solve Overwhelmed Agency Phone Lines
Conversational technology can be an excellent way to deflect repetitive questions to AI that can act like a live FAQ around constantly changing information.
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Senator Wants Details on Clearview AI’s Contact Tracing Pitches
Sen. Ed Markey wrote a letter to the controversial startup asking about its plans to use facial recognition technology to track patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Those Facebook 'Challenges' Can Expose You to Hackers
Games can often extract sensitive information about a person, such as their first job, their first car, or their mother’s maiden name.
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Artificial Intelligence Outperforms Human Analysts In This Key Area
An experiment from the Defense Intelligence Agency shows that AI and humans have different risk tolerances when data is scarce.
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NGA Knows Its Challenges, Now It Needs the Tech to Address Them
The world is changing—from commercially available GEOINT to COVID-19—so the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency released a list of tech challenges the agency needs help to overcome.
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Creating an Oversight Toolkit to Ensure the CARES Act Delivers for the American People
Inspectors general across government need modern tools in their fight against fraud.
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The Amazon Lockdown: How an Unforgiving Algorithm Drives Suppliers to Favor the E-Commerce Giant Over Other Retailers
At a time when much of the retail sector is collapsing, Amazon is strengthening its competitive position in ways that could outlast the pandemic — and raise antitrust concerns.
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What Federal IT Modernization Leaders Do Best
Modernization is not about just finding solutions that are more cost-efficient and more secure.
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