Adding generative AI to wargame training can improve realism, but not withoutrisk
Nextgov/FCWThe film offered a thrilling, if not quite realistic, look at one potentialdangerof relying too heavily on AI when it comes to military training and …
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Commerce announces AI safety consortium - Nextgov/FCW
The new stakeholder group, based at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, will help drive AI safety standards …
AI escalates election cyberthreatswith the US as prime target, reports find - Nextgov/FCW
Election workers face increased concerns due to the potential for AI systems to help enable disinformation. Outside cyberthreatsaren't helping, …
How Congress is gearing up to take advantage of generativeAI- Nextgov/FCW
Nextgov/FCW“We must ensure Congress is ready to manage therisks AI poses,” Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wis., said last week, “while leaning into its rewards.” Steil …
Agencies are on track with AI executive order deadlines, White House says - Nextgov/FCW
A set of nine agencies have also successfully submitted theirriskassessments for their uses of AI systems to the Department of Homeland Security …
Can NIST get it all done? - Nextgov/FCW
The small technology agency has a big share of the responsibility for executing on the Biden administration's executive order onartificial …
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House lawmakers introduce AI riskmanagement bill - Nextgov/FCW
“The AI Risk Management Framework developed by NIST is a great starting point for agencies and vendors to analyze the risks associated with AI and to …
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Think tank report envisions a cyber 'good place' for AI and how to get there - Nextgov/FCW
The report recommends that government cybersecurity professionals consider identifying high-risk AI tools when implementing them into digital …
New AI tools spawn fears of greater 2024 electionthreats, survey finds - Nextgov/FCW
State and local officials are concerned thatartificial intelligencetools and other emerging technologies will superchargethreatsto the 2024 U.S.
How federal agencies can accelerate IT systems modernization withAI- Nextgov/FCW
Nextgov/FCW...risksand costs, cause personnel shortages, and slow development groups from delivering mission-critical applications. Meanwhile, IT modernization …
How hackers can 'poison'AI- Nextgov
A new paper from NIST offers a standard taxonomy of cyber attacks dedicated to contaminating the data AI models use to learn. Cyber Threats· NIST …
Roberts: Legal field will be 'significantly affected by AI' - Nextgov/FCW
Nextgov...AI to make predictions about discretionary decisions like flightrisksand potential recidivism. In particular, he noted the problems with the …
3 guardrails for sustainable AI implementation in the public sector - Nextgov
However, because AI is an emerging technology, the government needs to understand the associated benefits andrisksto maximize its opportunity. The …
Experts warn that OMB's AI guidance could slow federal adoption of the emerging tech
An OMB spokesperson told Nextgov/FCW that “the draft guidance takes arisk-based approach to limiting AI harms, limiting increased safeguards to …
House lawmakers press for transparency in NIST's new AI grant funding - Nextgov/FCW
Nextgov...risksassociated with fledgling AI systems. A Dec. 14 letter from a bipartisan group spearheaded by Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., and …
2023 Rising Star: Conrad Stosz - Nextgov/FCW
Nextgov... AI systems to both improve customer experience and support agency missions, while protecting the public from AI risks. Get the latest federal …
Taking open sourcerisksseriously - Nextgov/FCW
The prevalence of software supply chain concerns and the emergence of generativeartificial intelligencehas prompted many changes within the …
Why NIST is prioritizing creating a dictionary of AI development - Nextgov/FCW
Nextgov...risksposed by emerging technologies like AI. Part of that work is developing standards and metrics forriskslike bias, discrimination and other …
US and UK release joint guidelines for secure-by-designAI- Nextgov/FCW
Nextgov...risks AI and ML technologies face. Maintaining clean and uncorrupted data sets, for example, addresses one keyrisk, since these data will train …