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Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy, White House Arati Prabhakar during the Summit for Democracy at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. on Friday, March 30, 2023.
(Oliver Contreras/U.S. Department of State) — Summit For Democracy 2023

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White House science chief warns federal AI spending ‘pretty modest’ to keep pace with goals

The federal government is getting repeated calls to ramp up its AI spending, citing national security concerns and a technological arms race with adversaries.

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Bolstering national security strategies with AI

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DARPA competition will use AI to find, fix software vulnerabilities

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White House planning new rules for agencies using AI tools this summer

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USDA prioritizing research into climate change, data infrastructure, nutritional equity

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White House looks to accelerate AI in government through its ‘Bill of Rights’

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White House AI 'Bill of Rights' sets higher bar for agencies to weed out bias

FILE - In this May 23, 2020, file photo Elizabeth Santoro, a medic with the Minnesota Air National Guard 133rd Medical Group, administers a free COVID-19 test at the Minneapolis Armory in Minneapolis. Since the pandemic began, Congress has set aside trillions of dollars to ease the crisis. A joint KHN and Associated Press investigation finds that many communities with big outbreaks have spent little of that federal money on local public health departments for work such as testing and contact tracing. Others, like Minnesota, were slow to do so. (Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune via AP, File)

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For the next pandemic, new report spells out plan for federal agencies to work together

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Federal AI task force outlines ‘equitable future’ for R&D resources

Former Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg speaks to supporters as he announces the suspension of his campaign and his endorsement of former Vice President Joe Biden for president in New York Wednesday , March 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

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Defense Secretary Austin looks to Michael Bloomberg for advice on innovation

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Workforce

White House: Top scientist resigns over treatment of staff

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Artificial intelligence can do really dumb things with personal information

Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, gives an opening statement during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing to discuss vaccines and protecting public health during the coronavirus pandemic on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)

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One of the nation's top public health officials is calling it a career

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Web of policies not syncing up into single federal AI strategy, report warns

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New WH task force asking what shared computing, data could do for AI research

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NIST seeks input on guidance to pin down trustworthy AI

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White House partners with NSF to stand up National AI Research Resource Task Force

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Federal Newscast

$100,000 ID-theft scheme earns VA employee a 46-month federal prison sentence

FILE - This March 27, 2008 file photo shows the Pentagon in Washington. The civilian official overseeing the Pentagon's campaign to defeat the Islamic State group in the Middle East has resigned in the latest jolt to Pentagon leadership in the waning weeks of the Trump administration.(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

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USPS inks deal with Nike on new sneakers inspired by the agency

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Biden memo enhances independence of federal scientists from political appointees

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Trump administration provides guidance for recent federal hiring EO