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OpenAI heralds cybersecurity, election interference safeguard plans for 2026 midterms

The announcement builds on work from major tech firms in 2024 to combat AI-infused election chicanery.

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A Soldier with 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces Regiment, Mississippi Army National Guard, checks communications while conducting boat infiltration training during Southern Strike 2024 (SSTK), at NASA Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, April 17, 2024. SSTK is a large-scale, joint multinational combat exercise that allows soldiers across the United States and our international partners access to exceptional training. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Benjamin Tomlinson)

SOCOM seeks autonomous warfare proving ground

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DHS seeks information on AI-powered biosurveillance

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OMB swaps Biden-era cyber memo for new prioritized logging tactic

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Iowa State’s liberal arts program wants to advance ‘trustworthy AI’

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Anthropic: Mythos finds more than 10,000 software flaws in first month

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USDA would get more AI grants, research, farmer education under new Senate bill

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Chief AI officer role is ‘part strategy, part operator, part change leader’

OMB update federal cyber logging tactics

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Chief AI officer role is ‘part strategy, part operator, part change leader’

Tai Phan, Oklahoma's chief AI and technology officer, said his role needs broad exposure to other state decision makers, from legal and procurement to cybersecurity leads.

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From pilots to performance: Rethinking agencies’ approach to embedding AI

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