2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (576+ words) Chairman Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and ranking member Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., talk before the start of a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee markup on Thursday, June 18, 2026. Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Multiple people familiar with…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (464+ words) Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., talks with reporters in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, August 5, 2026. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is spearheading a congressional investigation into the July hack on open-source artificial intelligence model repository…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (396+ words) OpenAI is offering agencies discounted, token-based pricing for its ChatGPT models under a new 27-month long OneGov agreement announced by the General Services Administration Thursday. The 50% discount on token-based usage across ChatGPT models starts on Oct. 1 — a day after OpenAI’s…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (701+ words) The Pentagon is shifting its cybersecurity posture to rely more on new capabilities to maintain its digital defenses rather than just bolstering its operational manpower, the department’s IT head said on Wednesday. Speaking at the Billington Cybersecurity Summit in Washington,…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (242+ words) In an announcement first shared with Nextgov/FCW, ARI said it is bringing on new staff to support the state-level AI policy advocacy branch, which will work to address frontier AI risks and threats to workers and families across all…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (657+ words) By Alexandra Kelley and Edward Graham Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., introduced legislation Thursday mandating a complete halt in superintelligent AI development, stipulating that the advancement of any system that can surpass human intelligence must permanently cease. The Ban Artificial Superintelligence…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (353+ words) Federal agencies will now have to start paying to use the General Services Administration’s artificial intelligence testing platform, according to the agency’s recently updated “Buy AI” web page. GSA launched USAi in August 2025 to help agencies safely experiment with and…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (285+ words) Dozens of current and former national security officials put the chances that artificial intelligence systems will operate outside human control within the next decade at 10% or higher, according to a survey released Wednesday. Many also said the risk of an…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (455+ words) Donald Trump shakes Peter Thiel's hand during a meeting with technology executives, December 14, 2016. Drew Angerer / Getty Images Here’s a breakdown of the winners and losers. Winners: swarms, deployed AI, faster military technology The strategy puts a big emphasis on new,…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (452+ words) Safely managing the use of artificial intelligence technologies in biological research demands advanced threat actor detection. One federal official says there is a need for earlier, additional public investments in these cybersecurity mechanisms. A new report from the research nonprofit…...