In an important development for the U.S. Justice Department, Jonathan Mayer — a seasoned policy adviser and technologist, and known academician at Princeton — has been selected as the Chief Artificial Intelligence (AI) Officer. He will be leading the Justice Department’s AI tasks, including directing activities of its Emerging Technology Board.
In the quest to realize the ambitious Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC2) initiative, the Department of Defense (DoD) is channeling significant investments into the responsible development and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. Kathleen Hicks, the deputy secretary of defense and a 2024 Wash100 awardee, unveiled this strategy recently.
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has recently initiated a public consultation to gather industry perspectives on the implications of open-weight artificial intelligence (AI) models. This proactive move aims at assisting the formulation of policies concerning AI models with publicly available weights.
John Heneghan, ECS President, offers insightful observations on the swift evolution of generative AI technologies and their profound impacts on the possibilities, threats, and opportunities within the realm of AI in his latest Executive Spotlight interview.
With the growing intricacies in compliance regulations across different fields, the need for advanced AI technologies to seamlessly take the helm is accelerating. A fundamental way to navigate this complex web is by integrating Large Language Models (LLMs) into our data creation and management software tools.
Hughes Network Systems has announced its collaboration with the space and defense subsidiary of SES. They will provide software-defined auto-PACE platforms and associated modems to support SES’s contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet program. The original article can be found here .
The array of benefits that artificial intelligence (AI) technologies can offer, particularly to the government contracting (GovCon) industry, should not be overlooked amidst the common discourse on associated risks. Insights shared by Unanet Vice President of Industry Marketing, Kim Koster, provide a glimpse into the transformative potential of AI in this sector.
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has so far identified over 100 potential applications for artificial intelligence (AI). As shared by VA’s Chief Technology Officer, Charles Worthington, with members of the House VA Committee, 40 of these cases have now transitioned to an operational phase and are actively being implemented in the field.