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Lawmakers aim to prevent sale of veterans’ data for AI, scams

As technology evolves, there is broad concern that vendors could use veterans’ personal information to power AI models and monetize the resulting product.

By Billy Mitchell

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US courts would study AI speech-to-text under bipartisan, bicameral bill

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The James Forrestal Building in Washington D.C. is home to the Department of Energy and one of the sites for NNSA.

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