The head of U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) said today that the organization has stood up a new artificial intelligence (AI) task force that will focus on delivering AI capabilities for the cyber mission force operations. […]

Sens. Todd Young, R-Ind., and Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, have introduced legislation that would task the Department of Commerce (DOC) with creating campaigns to raise awareness and elevate public trust in AI technologies. […]

The Treasury Department issued a draft rule on Friday that would block U.S. private-sector investments in China that involve hot-button technologies including AI, quantum, and semiconductors. […]

The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has revealed how it will be spending the $938 million Congress allocated it at the end of March for fiscal year (FY) 2024. […]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released guidance on Thursday aimed at helping Federal agencies, critical infrastructure owners and operators, and other government and private sector stakeholders with their critical infrastructure security and resilience efforts. […]

By leveraging AI technologies, the Department of Defense (DoD) can streamline and accelerate procurement timelines, thereby fostering innovation from a wide range of businesses traditionally overlooked in defense contracting, according to a Pentagon official. […]

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) is experimenting with AI to accelerate technology and outcomes across the sector, the head of ARPA-H said on Thursday. […]

A new bipartisan bill would authorize the Department of Commerce (DoC) to work with the Small Business Administration (SBA) to create and distribute AI training resources and tools to help small businesses leverage AI in their operations. […]

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) wants to know what AI capabilities industry has in store that can help the agency improve aviation safety, according to a request for information (RFI) released last week. […]

The General Services Administration (GSA) announced today the launch of its second class of Presidential Innovation Fellows (PIF) this year, marking its first cohort exclusively focused on artificial intelligence technologies. […]

The Office of Management and Budget last week released the expanded roster of Federal agency chief AI officers (CAIO) covering the 24 largest agencies in government, along with the AI chiefs at 31 smaller agencies. […]

Retired U.S. Army Gen. Mark Milley said last week he believes we are “on the cusp” of seeing militaries around the world powered by robotics – including here in the U.S. […]

Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies hold tremendous potential to revolutionize crucial national sectors ranging from health care to national security, two congressional proponents of AI legislation said on June 13.  […]

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) projects are progressing in the Federal civilian and military spheres, though agencies must overcome bureaucratic and funding obstacles that remain, experts said at Dell Technologies World 2024. […]

After sifting through more than 1,300 proposed amendments for the annual defense policy bill, the House Rules Committee voted 9-4 on Tuesday to advance the bill to the House for a floor vote. The amendments were narrowed down to 350, with several tech provisions included in the final version. […]

A bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate Tuesday is seeking to codify guardrails around the Federal government’s effective and responsible procurement and use of AI.  […]

Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., said today that artificial intelligence (AI) will be beneficial to Congress by helping lawmakers write clearer legislation.   […]

The Department of Defense’s (DoD) Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) launched an open call for an industry partner to help bolster AI governance across the department. […]

Former U.S. Cyber Command and National Security Agency Chief Paul Nakasone said on June 6 that the “secret sauce” to detecting artificial intelligence (AI) being used by foreign adversaries lies in public-private partnerships. […]

The annual AWS Summit is coming back to Washington, D.C., on June 26-27 and featuring some of the Federal government’s top cybersecurity and artificial intelligence policy-makers to shine a light on current policy initiatives and where they are heading next. […]

The Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) and Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) have solidified their collaboration to further accelerate the rapid adoption of data, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI) at the Defense Department (DoD). […]

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said today that artificial intelligence technologies pose “significant risks” to financial markets that include biased decision-making yet also offer “tremendous opportunities” to lower costs and improve access to financial products. […]

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is turning to artificial intelligence (AI), cloud, and high-performance computing technologies to better forecast and disseminate weather and climate information, NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad said on June 4. […]

New research from Trellix, in partnership with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), reveals that 92 percent of chief information security officers (CISOs) question the future of their role amidst growing AI and generative AI (GenAI) pressures. […]

When asked how the FBI is thinking about building the next-generation workforce, a top official within the intelligence agency said Tuesday that the FBI is challenged with finding the right talent to detect deepfakes. […]

As Federal agencies look to protect themselves against AI-fueled cyberattacks, government cybersecurity officials explained today that they are shifting their mindsets to embrace partnerships and no longer be embarrassed about sharing their incident data. […]

The head of the FBI’s Cyber Division said today that the bureau is making the “nation so much safer” by leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing technology in its tip reporting.  […]

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) on Thursday released its inaugural Vision for the Intelligence Community (IC) Information Environment: An IT Roadmap. […]

Pentagon Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAO) Radha Plumb is rolling out a new plan to bring in more companies to support the Defense Department’s (DoD) effort to scale its data, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities – with DoD’s Combined Joint All Domain Command and Control (CJADC2) as the first program in line for support. […]