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US urging allies to cease talks with Chinese satellite industry

Internal talking points also give State Department officials guidance on how to respond to allies’ concerns about SpaceX’s Starlink.

DOGE deputies land at State Department tech bureau with USAID emails

One of the people, 19-year-old Edward Coristine, reportedly had extensive interactions with cybercrime groups.

AI tools can help reduce climate risks, State strategy says

The release of the National Adaptation and Resilience Planning Strategy comes as a series of wildfires continue to burn across the Los Angeles area.

State to develop new AI marketplace for staff

Following a deluge of modernization updates, State officials discussed their AI-centric priorities, including a custom marketplace and leveraging classified intel into AI tools. 

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State’s AI chatbot journey started with collaboration

Tech leadership at the State Department gave Nextgov/FCW an exclusive look into how the development of its AI-powered chatbot is going, along with the most important internal processes.

State Department goes big with online passport renewal

The latest pilot has been ongoing since June, but limited in scale. Now, Americans can renew online anytime.

RT is now a main unit of Russian intelligence apparatus, US and allies say

A Kremlin cyber operations unit has been embedded in RT since last year and has gone to global lengths to spread Russian propaganda, said Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

US joins Council of Europe’s AI and human rights framework

By signing the Framework Convention of artificial intelligence this week, the U.S. pledges to mitigate AI-based discrimination.

Mitigating AI risks requires global cooperation, officials say

The U.S. is looking “to try and build international consensus around a set of norms” for countries’ uses of AI, a State Department official said on Thursday.

Blinken spotlights role of AI in diplomacy

Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other State Department leaders explained how AI use cases such as data analysis and translation are already taking hold at the department.

Legislation seeks to establish AI research partnerships between U.S. and foreign cities

The bill would limit collaborative experimentation to “non-national security areas” of AI.

Most Americans unaware of foreign intel operations’ scope on social media, State Dept. official says

U.S. Ambassador at Large for Cyberspace and Digital Policy Nate Fick’s assessment comes five months before a high-stakes U.S. presidential election.

US sets sights on partnerships to counter cyberthreats, secure AI in new global cyber strategy

An update to US international cyberspace policy will leverage partnerships to defend against cyberattacks on critical infrastructure and help prevent surveillance misuses.

US to unveil new international cyber framework

The last international cyber blueprint came out more than a decade ago from the Obama administration.

State Dept. seeks employee volunteers to test AI chatbot

The State Department is piloting an internal chatbot backed by artificial intelligence technology, and will leverage internal sensitive but unclassified data.

State Department warns employees of fraud scheme targeting payroll systems

Hackers have been targeting annuity accounts to redirect payroll deposits.