Office of Science and Technology Policy

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Bolstering national security strategies with AI

It’s no secret that artificial intelligence has sent the federal government into a tailspin in recent months. Aside from countless hearings to discuss…

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

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Artificial intelligence can do really dumb things with personal information

The Office of Science and Technology Policy is asking the public to weigh-in on the development of biometric principals. For what’s at stake, Federal Drive…

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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)

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

In today’s Federal Newscast, Dr. Francis Collins says he’ll leave his post as director of the National Institutes of Health by the end of the year.

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

A tangled web of policies on artificial intelligence is coming from the White House, Congress and agency leadership, but those policies aren’t syncing up yet into a single strategy for how the federal government should develop or field AI tools.

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