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Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling testifies before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on May 19, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Acting Labor secretary eyes big budget boost for ID verification systems

Keith Sonderling told Senate appropriators that the $25M funding request for DOL’s unemployment-insurance program will help the department reduce improper payments.
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.
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.
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