Artificial Intelligence
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The Biden administration is calling on agencies to move on from just talking about artificial intelligence and actually use these tools for their day-to-day work.
December 05, 2022 -
The Department of Homeland Security is looking to create a “black belt” program to identify data and AI champions across several areas of expertise.
December 02, 2022 -
Can robots teach themselves new tricks? In theory they can, according to researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory. In a new white paper, they lay out how robots, like people, can learn by using a curriculum and a learning agenda.
November 30, 2022 -
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office enlisted artificial intelligence technology from IBM which is also to helping inventors navigate and understand prior art.
November 15, 2022 -
For many years, experts have predicted a tsunami of federal employees retiring as more and more baby boomers reach pension eligibility. Though the tidal wave has been slow to materialize, it still seems inevitable.
November 14, 2022 -
Information technology will remain a top management challenge for the Office of Personnel Management during fiscal 2023, according to the agency's Office of Inspector General.
November 11, 2022 -
How can your agency build transparent and effective AI systems? Yes, the word “build” is there purposefully because, as a panel of feds reveal, it’s often difficult to — at least now and depending on the mission — buy artificial intelligence products wholly off the shelf. Learn more now from feds on the R&D frontlines in this executive briefing.
November 11, 2022 -
Agencies are also considering new FOIA tools that leverage automation and machine learning, while a "FOIA wizard" is in the works.
November 08, 2022 -
At Customs and Border Protection, new technologies streamline customer service.
October 27, 2022 -
With an AI-based, GPU-driven solution, organizations and governments will be able to collaborate while being armed with a proactive approach to defend from future attacks and protect America’s most sensitive data.
October 27, 2022 -
Contractors trying to develop artificial intelligence applications for the government face a challenge, namely a good data set for training the algorithms.
October 26, 2022 -
Many agencies struggle with antiquated digital architecture and a lack of skills and talent to implement AI, a chief data scientist at the Commerce Department's National Technical Information Service said.
October 12, 2022 -
TSA is looking to scale up a pilot program that uses CBP's "Traveler Verification Service" to check the identity of travelers at airports.
October 11, 2022 -
The Biden administration is setting a higher bar for how federal agencies oversee artificial intelligence and automation tools, and how they implement them in their own operations.
October 04, 2022 -
There’s currently a significant debate about the appropriateness of using AI in combat. Over thirty nations are working through the U.N. to introduce a ban on autonomous AI weapons. There are similar discussions among some U.S. AI companies about whether their technology should be used in military applications, the highest profile of which was Google’s decision to not renew a contract with the Defense Department to perform image recognition.
September 29, 2022
