VA watchdog uses AI to help compile healthcare facility audits
VA watchdog uses AI to help compile healthcare facility audits
Artificial Intelligence
New bipartisan Senate science caucus will address AI
The effort is intended to engage in multiple scientific domains to strengthen U.S. innovation, including AI policy and regulation.
Modernization
NSA plans major reorganization with new AI, China and cyber centers
The overhaul would create five mission centers, with implementation expected to begin in October.
People
Agriculture CIO transitions to role modernizing farmers’ records
USDA CIO Sam Berry will help implement the agency’s One Farmer, One File effort to create streamlined internal records for farmers.
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Artificial Intelligence
Trump redoubles pro-AI stance amid calls to slow development
Industry leaders put out a public call to “pace the frontier” of artificial intelligence development over the weekend, reinvigorating the debate over how to best compose effective regulations.
Ideas
The internet of (compromised) things: securing IoT when you can’t trust (any) “thing”
COMMENTARY | Is industrial IoT really more secure than the IoT devices we have in our homes?
Artificial Intelligence
VA to gradually expand medical AI scribe following successful pilots
The department is seeking to expand providers’ use of the technology with an enterprise contract in 2026.
Policy
Tech bills of the week: Community protection from data centers; AI labs for education; and more
Recent proposals look to address data center concerns and establish grant programs to bolster students and educators’ AI and data science skills.
Defense
‘Digital employees’ are coming to the Defense Logistics Agency
Nearly 200 agentic-AI bots are already running autonomously as the combat support agency pushes ahead with AI-powered tools, CIO says.
Artificial Intelligence
Lawmakers clash on safety testing language for in-development AI legislation, people familiar say
High-ranking members of the Senate Commerce Committee stand at odds with each other over how to best address “catastrophic risk” posed by artificial intelligence.
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Cybersecurity
CIA feared terrorists could exploit Y2K glitches, declassified briefs show
Records released for the 25th anniversary of 9/11 also describe intelligence assessments of extremist websites helping recruit fighters and spread chemical and biological weapons information.
Cybersecurity
25 years after 9/11, spy agencies face old lessons and new threats
Former intelligence officials describe a nation better equipped to disrupt terrorist plots, but still wrestling with the costs of its response and how to prevent the next crisis under escalating technology threats.
Ideas
On 9/11’s 25th anniversary, modernizing government starts with remembering our past
COMMENTARY: Reflecting on 9/11 Commission-driven information sharing structural reforms
Artificial Intelligence
NIH seeks to engage patients as it scales use of AI with Bio Genesis Mission
The agency is in the early stages of determining how exactly it will collaborate with other agencies on the Bio Genesis Mission it announced in July.
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Hawley launches committee investigation into OpenAI’s breach of Hugging Face
Following reports of two autonomous attacks conducted by OpenAI’s agents, Sen. Josh Hawley sent a letter to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman for answers.
Acquisition
GSA unveils new, token-based OneGov discount with OpenAI
OpenAI’s move from offering a flat fee to a usage-based approach comes as agreements with other AI companies like Anthropic and Gemini are set to expire at the end of the month.
Cybersecurity
White House plans to take water cyber pilot into other sectors
Sean Cairncross also outlined plans for a cyber academy that would combine venture capital and other private sector initiatives with a service component.
Defense
‘We have to throw technology at the cyber problem,’ Pentagon CIO says
Defense Department Chief Information Officer Kirsten Davies said the Pentagon has to focus on “leveraging the fantastically skilled people that we have in a much more effective way.”
People
Trump is staffing up agencies with political appointees. They’re not sticking around, new analysis finds
The Partnership for Public Service previously reported on high turnover among Senate-confirmed political appointees during the president’s second term. In a new report, researchers from the nonprofit find a similar trend with non-Senate-confirmed ones.
Artificial Intelligence
AI safety advocacy group launches new state-level effort
Americans for Responsible Innovation debuted the advocacy arm to bring responsible AI policy assistance to local lawmakers.
