The Office of Science and Technology Policy also teased next steps for upskilling staff and recruiting talent.| FedScoop
White House officials said their 2050 cross-sector plan is aimed at bolstering competitiveness and diversifying the science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine fields.| FedScoop
As the Biden administration teases a new AI executive order, federal agencies are still catching up with 2020 AI rules issued by the Trump administration.| FedScoop
The White House is specifically seeking input on what should be made public in agency AI use case inventories as part of the Office of Management and Budget’s new guidance.| FedScoop
The long-awaited document consists of five key principles for the regulation of the technology.| FedScoop
AI policy specialists say a lack of guidance from the White House on how to square divergent rights-based and risk-based approaches to AI is proving a challenge for companies working to create new products and safeguards.| FedScoop
Finalized document sets a deadline of Dec. 16, 2024 for agencies to submit their updated inventories of artificial intelligence use cases.| FedScoop
The Office of Science and Technology Policy disagreed with the watchdog’s recommendation that it should inform agencies about their status as implementing agencies with regulatory authority.| FedScoop
OSTP Director Arati Prabhakar followed the report’s release by reiterating her concerns about federal research and development funding.| FedScoop
The Modernizing Government Technology Reform Act passed by a vote of 10-1.| FedScoop
The commitments include committing to pre-release security testing for AI models and forming insider threat safeguards and cybersecurity investments focused on unreleased and proprietary model weights.| FedScoop
Adobe, Cohere, IBM, Nvidia, Palantir, Salesforce, Scale AI, and Stability join the initial seven firms who signed on to the commitment in July.| FedScoop
However, that “limbo” is an improvement from where the program was not long ago, Connolly admitted.| FedScoop
Clare Martorana pushes lawmakers to fund the TMF and previews a CAIO council mission to shorten tech deployment time.| FedScoop
All 270-day mark actions from the AI executive order were also completed, per the White House, though some details were not immediately public.| FedScoop
Larry Bafundo will lead the GSA funding vehicle as federal IT officials and lawmakers continue calls to fund the TMF.| FedScoop