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Artificial Intelligence (AI)

David Sacks, the White House’s AI and crypto czar, speaks with President Donald Trump as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House on Jan. 23, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Chief AI officers must be preserved in the Trump administration

The new administration would be wise to keep CAIOs in federal agencies as it embarks on its AI strategy.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the department's chief data and artificial intelligence Officer, Matthew Graviss, are pictured from behind, acknowledging applause after a fireside chat on AI. The officials are looking at each other, appearing to both be mid-clap. The audience is in the background.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (right) and the department’s chief data and artificial intelligence Officer, Matthew Graviss (left), spoke to department employees about artificial intelligence capabilities in June. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

State Department’s top data and AI official departs

Matthew Graviss led the agency’s implementation of artificial intelligence, including its internal AI chatbot.
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In this photo illustration, the DeepSeek app is displayed on an iPhone screen on Jan. 27, 2025 in San Anselmo, Calif. (Photo Illustration by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

House bill would ban DeepSeek on agency workers’ devices

The bipartisan legislation comes amid panic in Silicon Valley over the Chinese AI startup’s high-performing models.
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