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A promise to repeal the Biden administration’s artificial intelligence executive order is tucked inside former President Donald Trump’s platform, adopted by the Republican National Committee on Monday. The sweeping executive order, signed last fall, established a raft of to-do items for federal agencies and AI designers, including requirements for developers of dual-use foundation models to share safety test results and other information with the government under the Defense Production Act. The order has already resulted in guidance directing federal agencies to establish guardrails for the government’s use of AI systems in high-risk contexts like government benefits, as well as a final rule on the application of nondiscrimination requirements in health programs to AI systems. But the 2024 Republican platform calls the order “dangerous.”

The FBI dismantled two websites and nearly 1,000 accounts on the X social media platform that were used by Kremlin spin doctors to run an AI-powered campaign that sought to spread disinformation within the U.S. and abroad. The disinformation operation was carried out by a bot farm, a network of automated accounts, or “bots,” controlled to perform tasks across digital platforms, including spreading propaganda, amplifying messages or engaging in coordinated campaigns to influence public opinion.

Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., will sponsor legislation that would ask federal agencies — spearheaded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology — to draft new voluntary guidance for AI evaluations that will ensure automated systems are being tested accurately and deployed safely.

The federal government’s secure cloud computing validation program laid out a new operating framework that prioritizes integrating emerging technologies into federal agency operations. Released on June 27, the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program’s Emerging Technology Prioritization Framework provides guidance for both the public and private sectors regarding how FedRAMP will work to identify which emerging technologies to focus on implementing and how cloud service providers can request their emerging tech-powered products be prioritized.

U.S diplomats can already tap artificial intelligence-powered applications to translate and synthesize news and information from hundreds of countries in hundreds of languages, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said recently at an agency discussion on AI

Energy Dept. CIO Ann Dunkin talks FITARA, modernization and the challenge of managing IT in an environment driven by high-performance technology.

The normally secretive U.S. intelligence community is as enthralled with generative artificial intelligence as the rest of the world, and perhaps growing bolder in discussing publicly how they’re using the nascent technology to improve intelligence operations. “We were captured by the generative AI zeitgeist just like the entire world was a couple of years back,” Lakshmi Raman, the CIA’s director of Artificial Intelligence Innovation said last week at Amazon Web Services Summit in Washington, D.C. Raman said U.S. intelligence analysts currently use generative AI in classified settings for search and discovery assistance, writing assistance, ideation, brainstorming and helping generate counter arguments. These novel uses of generative AI build on existing capabilities within intelligence agencies that date back more than a decade, including human language translation and transcription and data processing.

Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., will sponsor legislation that would ask federal agencies — spearheaded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology — to draft new voluntary guidance for AI evaluations that will ensure automated systems are being tested accurately and deployed safely. The “Validation and Evaluation for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence Act” is designed to help ensure AI systems can be validated for efficacy and trustworthiness. Hickenlooper will introduce the bill when the Senate returns from recess. “AI is moving faster than any of us thought it would two years ago,” said Hickenlooper in the press release. “But we have to move just as fast to get sensible guardrails in place to develop AI responsibly before it’s too late. Otherwise, AI could bring more harm than good to our lives.”

U.S diplomats can already tap artificial intelligence-powered applications to translate and synthesize news and information from hundreds of countries in hundreds of languages, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday at an agency discussion on AI At the event, which included the 2024 Data and AI for Diplomacy awards, Blinken, and other officials addressed the dangers and rewards of incorporating AI and machine learning technologies into the federal workplace. “Technology is amoral, not immoral. It depends how you use it, but we have to be deeply conscious of that as we move forward,” Blinken said. “The moment we're in is critical, because in so many ways, the choices that we make now will define how technology is used, how it's deployed, and to what effect for a long time into the future.” Blinken touted the launch of AI.State, described as a “central hub for all things AI” and available to agency employees, and talked up several other tools, including the news translation software and another pilot that supports the summarization of diplomatic cables – something Blinken expects will support personnel transitions at embassies. “Ultimately, this is a tool,” he said. “AI as a tool, and it's only as good and as effective as the people using it.”