This illustration picture shows the ChatGPT logo displayed on a smartphone in Washington, DC, on March 15, 2023. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)
In a crowded field of AI contenders, the agency’s office of the CIO prioritizes partnerships with vendors that employees are favoring, such as OpenAI and Anthropic.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies during a Senate Finance Committee hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office building in Washington, D.C., on June 3, 2026. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
The secretary told Sen. Mark Warner that the executive order “strikes a very good balance between innovation and safety,” and disputed that the EO was scaled back…