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Upgrading IT Could Address Tech Hiring Challenges, Bring About AI, Experts Say
Sluggish tech makes the government a less attractive place to work for talented IT specialists, experts said at SXSW.
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Don’t Call It an ‘Arms Race’: U.S.-China AI Competition Is Not Winner-Takes-All
The most common framing of the two countries’ artificial-intelligence development is dangerous.
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Inside the Pentagon's Big Plans to Develop Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence
The defense research agency has a list of research areas and a nimble contracting process to help achieve its vision.
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Here's What One Tech Titan Thinks a National AI Strategy Should Be
A feasible national AI strategy will foster innovation, create new employment opportunities, and remove murky policy barriers, Intel said.
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Artificial Intelligence Now Helps People Find Jobs
A group of young entrepreneurs is looking to empower workforce agencies and job seekers, harnessing the power of artificial intelligence.
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How to Fund an Unfunded Artificial Intelligence Mandate
Early adopters of robotic process automation may have an advantage on the race to AI.
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White House Says Agencies Need Industry Help to Execute National AI Strategy
Reforming regulations around artificial intelligence requires an intimate understanding of the tech, which is something most agencies don’t have, according to the Trump administration’s AI chief.
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IBM Launches ‘Watson-as-a-Service’ for Government
The company is making a version of its big-name artificial intelligence program available across any cloud provider.
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White House’s Race to Maintain AI Dominance Misses Opportunity
The administration supported a race for AI when it could have supported a race for ethical innovation.
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8 Things Governments Can Do to Use Disruptive Technology Better
Making sure officials know what things like artificial intelligence do is a good starting point, according to a new report.
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DARPA Wants AI to Tell You When It's Dumb
In high-stakes situations, you don’t want tech that doesn’t know what it’s doing.
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Survey: Feds Don’t Think Agencies Are Preparing Them to Use AI
Only a quarter of government employees think agencies have done a good job explaining how the tech will affect their jobs, researchers found.
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The Pentagon Thinks AI Could Help Troops Telepathically Control Machines
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking to build artificial intelligence into neural interfaces to let humans control machines with their thoughts.
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There’s a Big Obstacle to the Pentagon’s New Strategy to Speed AI to Troops
Defense officials want to accelerate the delivery of artificial-intelligence tools from the lab to the field. But it's hard to obtain the massive data streams that make AI work.
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Analysts: Federal IT Budget Could Top $93 Billion In 2020
Agencies are expected to spend more on cloud, digital services and artificial intelligence over the next 18 months.
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White House Unveils a National Artificial Intelligence Initiative
The executive order calls for agencies to focus on AI, but details and funds are sparse.
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China’s Rapid AI Development Has Its Limits: Report
Chinese artificial-intelligence researchers are aware of ways their work lags the United States’—and Beijing is working to fix those.
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Federal Networks Under Attack: How Artificial Intelligence Will Save the Day
It's time to stop being a step behind hackers.
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How the Pentagon is Bringing the Cloud Down to Earth
The Army Research Lab is funding tech that could put the computing power of the cloud in the hands of individual soldiers—and ultimately bring more artificial intelligence to the battlefield.
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