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Artificial Intelligence (AI)

WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 11: Arati Prabhakar (R), the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, arrives to a classified all-Senate briefing on Artificial Intelligence at the U.S. Capitol Building on July 11, 2023 in Washington, DC. Briefers included members from the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

White House official says R&D funding and AI advances are ‘at risk’

OSTP’s Arati Prabhakar reiterated her concerns about federal R&D funding and innovation as Republicans prepare to take full control of Washington.
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before the House Homeland Security Committee on the fiscal year 2025 budget in Washington, D.C. on April 16, 2024. (Photo by Allison Bailey / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)

DHS reveals new artificial intelligence playbook

The document functions as a victory lap for AI accomplishments reached under Secretary Mayorkas, who leaves the position this month.
Agriculture inspection specialists with U.S. Customs and Border Protection inspect imported goods for invasive insect and plant species at the Port of Baltimore July 26, 2017. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection / Glenn Fawcett / Flickr)

DHS working with startup to launch AI-powered fitness app 

The effort, announced in 2022, was mentioned recently in the agency’s AI inventory.
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Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., speaks with Sen. Laphonza Butler, D-Calif., after a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing at the U.S. Capitol on July 11, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Bonnie Cash/Getty Images)

Senate bill eyes agency reviews of AI systems before deployment

The legislation from Democratic Sens. Welch and Luján would require NIST to come up with a “trustworthy-by-design framework” for agencies to follow.
The U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Capitol Dome is seen as Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) prepares to speak during a press conference on September 21, 2022 in Washington, DC. Speaker Pelosi, along with other lawmakers, is celebrating the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act and the steps it takes to lower healthcare costs. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Bipartisan Senate bill would establish an AI safety office in Commerce

Five lawmakers from the Senate Commerce Committee introduced legislation to establish national security standards for frontier developers.
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