Artificial Intelligence
US AI labs are emerging target for foreign spies, experts warn Congress
Former officials told the House Intelligence Committee that U.S. agencies have not kept pace with China’s push to obtain advanced American AI technology.
People
NIST AI safety center lead departs
Chris Fall was appointed to helm the Center for AI Standards and Innovation in April and has been at the Commerce Department since December 2025.
Acquisition
GSA’s draft AI procurement rule has improved but needs further reforms, contractors say
Contractors have until Aug. 3 to give GSA feedback on a proposed overhaul to large language model procurements.
Cybersecurity
White House announces ‘Gold Eagle’ AI clearinghouse for cyber vulnerabilities
The initiative stems from a June 2 executive order that urged advanced AI developers to grant the government early access to their capabilities to address potential vulnerabilities.
Ideas
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.
Cybersecurity
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.
Ideas
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?
Ideas
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.
People
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.
Ideas
Federal zero trust faces challenges with AI agents
COMMENTARY | There is no realistic path where federal agencies opt out of agentic AI.
Emerging Tech
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.
People
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.
Ideas
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.
Artificial Intelligence
Meet Mona, the AI Who Runs a Stockholm Coffee Shop
From the outside, Andon Cafe looks like any other coffee shop.
People
Want to join NGA? Bring AI skills, agency leader says
Even current National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency workers are getting new training.
Artificial Intelligence
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.
Defense
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.
Defense
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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Artificial Intelligence
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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Cybersecurity