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The future of CDM is in data governance, proactive threat detection
COMMENTARY: The Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program has helped to greatly fill in cyber gaps for agencies, but there is always more work to be done.
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High-speed train tech quickly spots airborne viruses
COMMENTARY | A technique known as magnetic levitation can be used to easily collect and concentrate airborne viruses to help prevent future outbreaks of respiratory disease, researchers report.
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AI can help forecast air quality, but freak events like 2023’s summer of wildfire smoke require traditional methods too
COMMENTARY | When wildfire smoke turned New York City’s skies orange in early June 2023, emergency room visits for asthma doubled.
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5 federal use cases for generative AI
COMMENTARY | Leaders who want to hit the ground running with the emerging tech should look to applications where generative AI has demonstrated success.
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Most Americans support NASA – but don’t think it should prioritize sending people to space
COMMENTARY | The United States’ most visible effort to maintain world leadership in space is arguably its Artemis Program to land humans on the Moon by late 2024.
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Social media can in fact be made better
COMMENTARY | Research shows it is possible to reward users for sharing accurate information instead of misinformation.
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Responsible AI use in support of federal agency missions
COMMENTARY︱The potential benefits of artificial intelligence for federal agencies are not a new conversation, but how to implement the technology so officials can achieve the gains they are looking for is worth taking time with.
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Gliding, not searching: Here’s how to reset your view of ChatGPT to steer it to better results
COMMENTARY | Thinking of ChatGPT as a glider you pilot can help you use it more effectively.
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6 ways AI can make political campaigns more deceptive than ever
COMMENTARY | There are real fears that AI will make politics more deceptive than it already is.
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65 years of NASA – an astrophysicist reflects on the agency’s legacy
NASA’s missions have inspired generations of young people to pursue the sciences.
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CMS findings identify barriers to effective healthcare
COMMENTARY | Many of these issues are multifaceted and complex to address, and they would require collaboration between public and private sectors.
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First contact with aliens could end in colonization and genocide if we don’t learn from history
COMMENTARY | SETI has been listening for markers that may indicate alien life – but is doing so ethical?
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Eliminating bias in AI may be impossible – a computer scientist explains how to tame it instead
COMMENTARY | Blindly eliminating biases from AI systems can have unintended consequences.
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FTC probe of OpenAI: Consumer protection is the opening salvo of US AI regulation
COMMENTARY | The FTC probe of ChatGPT maker OpenAI aligns with concerns that members of Congress have expressed.
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Why people tend to believe UFOs are extraterrestrial
COMMENTARY | Photos claiming to be UFO evidence are often doctored or otherwise ambiguous.
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Events that never happened could influence the 2024 presidential election
COMMENTARY | A cybersecurity researcher explains situation deepfakes.
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Looking beyond the hype on AI
COMMENTARY | Generative AI can work in the public sector, but it's critical to address risks and limitations of the emerging technology.
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How to think like a software factory
The Department of Defense needs to look to its own innovation hubs for lessons on how to keep up with the pace of technological change and emerging threats.
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Great job, US Embassy in Beijing
COMMENTARY | Steve Kelman cheers an Independence Day message that touted American-style freedom to a Chinese language audience.
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Why the government should take a page from Google's IT playbook
COMMENTARY | Site reliability engineering could be the answer to improving the availability and usability of government digital services.
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