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Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Special Agents demonstrate the inspection methods used to inspect commercial vehicles such as this Volvo semi-truck September 17, 2017, in Centreville, Virginia. / AFP PHOTO / Paul J. Richards

DOT considers taking humans out of the AI loop

The agency is weighing the risks of unintended consequences along with the potential pitfalls of having workers become a “limiting factor,” per a top technology leader.
President Donald Trump speaks to the press as he departs the White House on May 12, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Trump postpones executive order focused on AI security

Under a draft executive order, the NSA, Treasury Department and other federal agencies would get 90 days to test new models for cybersecurity and national security concerns.
Professionals on stage during a panel discussion.
ICE CIO Dustin Goetz sits on the far right during a panel discussion at AFCEA Bethesda’s LEAPS Summit in Washington, D.C on May 14, 2026. (Photo by Lisa Nipp)

ICE work with AI agents is minimal, CIO says

The Department of Homeland Security unit is leaning into AI but hasn’t yet jumped on the agentic AI bandwagon, according to Dustin Goetz.
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The Moon appears dark in the picture as white sunlight leaks out around its edges. A portion of the Orion spaceship, also in shadow, is visible on the left of the image.
The Moon was backlit by the Sun during the Artemis II mission on April 6, creating a solar eclipse. The photo was taken by a camera on the Orion spacecraft. Troy LeBlanc used it in his presentation as one of many examples of NASA images. (Photo via NASA)

From space photography to mission readiness, NASA turns to AI to alleviate data influx

Microsoft and Google are among the vendors NASA is working with for mission control and image cataloguing use cases, per Johnson Space Center’s top IT official.
From left: Rubrik Security Cloud’s Melissa Stein, the State Department’s Ray Romano and the Library of Congress’s Natalie Buda Smith take part in a panel discussion at Rubrik’s Federal Cyber Resilience Breakfast on May 14, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Scoop News Group photo by Maggie Callahan)

State Department is testing agentic AI to ‘buy back time’ for workers

An official in the agency’s Cyber Threat and Investigations unit hints at using AI to analyze malware over 75 times faster than humans.
Robert Newlen, acting Librarian of Congress, speaks at the National Book Festival Opening Celebration at the Library of Congress on Sept. 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Shannon Finney/Getty Images)

Acting Librarian of Congress seeks funding boost for enterprise AI platform

Robert Newlen told Senate appropriators that the LOC’s $5.4 million request for a centralized AI platform would ensure the library and Congress won’t “be left behind.”
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