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Alexandra Kelley

Staff Correspondent, Nextgov/FCW

Alexandra Kelley
Alexandra Kelley reports on emerging technology for Nextgov/FCW. Her most recent post was covering breaking news for The Hill where she focused on a variety of quantitative subjects, including Big Tech and the economy, in addition to covering the coronavirus pandemic since late 2019. She graduated from Kenyon College in 2017. If you have a tip you'd like to share, Alexandra can be securely contacted at alexak17.64 on Signal.
Artificial Intelligence

USTPO touts success in AI applications

The U.S. Patent and Trade Office has initiated several programs — such as the Scout chatbot assistant and PE2E search tool — in an effort to streamline the work done by human employees.

Cybersecurity

Secure by Design is just the start, CISA official says

A program manager for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said ongoing threat vigilance is needed post-implementation of the agency’s Secure by Design framework.

Artificial Intelligence

Industry calls for more research funding, public-private partnerships in the National AI Strategy

AI heavy hitters cited robust research funding, participation in standards development, and public, private and academia collaboration in comments sent to policymakers.

Artificial Intelligence

AWS GovCloud gets high-level security approvals for Anthropic and Meta AI models

Select versions of the Claude and Llama foundation models will be available for public sector customers via the AWS GovCloud.

Artificial Intelligence

Trump’s AI and Crypto Czar touts AI policy that prioritizes U.S. proliferation and innovation

David Sacks called for removing regulatory red tape that is getting in the way of broader AI innovation and adoption.

Emerging Tech

IBM bets on novel error-correction for scalable quantum computing

The company’s forthcoming quantum processor, IBM Starling, was unveiled today, with officials saying it promises efficiency without burdensome overhead.

Artificial Intelligence

Inside OpenAI’s wishlist for the House AI-Energy working group

Comments submitted by OpenAI leadership to a House group dedicated to AI and energy reiterated the need for broad infrastructure investments.

Acquisition

Anthropic introduces new Claude Gov models with national security focus

The company's custom AI models are now available for classified environments in government.

Artificial Intelligence

Commerce rebrands its AI Safety Institute

The transformation of the Biden-era U.S. AI Safety Institute further signals the Trump administration’s innovation-prioritizing approach to AI governance. 

Artificial Intelligence

Republican legislators voice support for public funding in AI research

The senators advocated for continued federal investment in artificial intelligence research and development, along with nimble regulation and industry collaboration.

Artificial Intelligence

FDA unveils ‘Elsa’ generative AI tool for staff

Following a successful pilot, the Food and Drug Administration unveiled its in-house large language model designed to help agency staff in drug clinical evaluations and reviews.

Artificial Intelligence

Public-private partnerships need more ‘efficiency,’ Energy official says

The agency’s national labs can offer high performance computing capabilities for artificial intelligence innovation, several leaders noted, but it requires an expedited negotiation process.

Emerging Tech

NVIDIA to keep Shanghai operations despite lawmaker concerns

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang said that the chip company will continue its longstanding China-based operations, but more chip plants are set to be in the U.S.

Emerging Tech

Energy, NVIDIA and Dell unveil new planned supercomputer

The latest public-private sector collaboration brings the new Doudna supercomputer to Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory in California to pursue advancements across emerging tech and scientific fields.

Artificial Intelligence

Proposed moratorium on state-level AI regs aims to level the playing field, lawmaker says

Georgia Rep. Rich McCormick, a GOP member of last Congress’ House AI Task Force, spoke on Wednesday night about the need to avoid a jumble of different rules of the road for AI developers.

People

CISA’s deputy cyber chief plans to depart 

Matt Hartman’s final day is not known but his departure was announced Tuesday.

Artificial Intelligence

AI use in financial services could add to bias risks, GAO warns

A new Government Accountability Office report suggests federal regulators offer updated guidance to weed out bias in financial institutions' artificial intelligence systems.

Modernization

Sandia labs to undertake $5B construction effort over next decade

Sandia National Laboratories is growing its physical infrastructure to help advance its core national security research efforts, notably radiation environment testing and power source capabilities.

Artificial Intelligence

Commerce rescinds Biden-era AI export controls

The controversial rule on what countries can receive and use U.S. artificial intelligence technology and components will be replaced with a new rule and new AI export control guidance.

Artificial Intelligence

US and Saudi Arabia announce tech investments in new partnership

Multiple U.S. and Saudi companies will come together under a joint economic partnership to support artificial intelligence and computing infrastructure development in both countries.