Trump issues a new AI national security memo

President Donald Trump on Friday signed out a new artificial intelligence national security memorandum that the White House says establishes “a new framework to put the most advanced, secure, and reliable AI systems into the hands of America’s warfighters and intelligence professionals while ensuring their responsible use.” The memo rescinds the Biden administration’s National Security Memorandum-25 from October 2024 that similarly set governance for the use and safety of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in national security and intelligence systems. The new guidance sets policies driving four key actions around AI in the national security space.

The Department of the Air Force has tapped Ashley Devoto — a veteran and cybersecurity expert — as its new chief information officer, the department announced Thursday. Devoto enters the role after the department has been without a permanent CIO for over a year following the departure of Venice Goodwine in March 2025. With a decades-long career in cybersecurity fields, Devoto will now oversee the Air and Space Forces’ modernization and sustainment efforts for information technology and more. As CIO, she will lead the department’s enterprise information technology, data and artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and defense business systems portfolios and steward approximately $17 billion in technology investments that enable the missions of more than 800,000 Airmen, Guardians, civilians, and contractors worldwide.

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