AIScoop - AIScoop is the one-stop source for everything AI — providing breaking news, trends, information, events and more at the intersection of AI and the public sector. Built on Scoop News Group’s success in producing world-class AI news and events, AIScoop delivers industry-leading coverage and unparalleled access to insider information in the rapidly evolving AI landscape.

OpenAI — The OpenAI logo is displayed on a screen with a visual in the background. (Photo illustration by Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

OpenAI reveals ‘novel’ encryption bypass used in distillation attack

The company said individuals associated with Chinese company MoonshotAI were behind parts of the attack, but did not offer hard evidence for the claim.

By Derek B. Johnson

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth gives a State of the Force address at Marine Corps Base Quantico on September 30, 2026 in Quantico, Virginia. Secretary Hegseth delivered his State of the Force address to junior officers, enlisted leaders, and special guests including Anduril Industries co-founder Palmer Luckey. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

U.S. creates new Autonomous Warfare Command to fuse and enhance military drone ops

Tech

By Brandi Vincent

Exterior of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Building on March 29, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Getty Images)

ICE IT shop looks to build ‘agentic software factory’

AI

By Lindsey Wilkinson

Featured on AIScoop

Rapidfire Chats with State CIOs at NASCIO’s 2026 annual conference

Driving federal data policy from the outside-in

Trump’s America.gov goes live in bid to tie government services together using AI

November 18, 2026

Unleashing the Genesis Mission: Human-Machine Teaming in Nuclear Security

Register

Popular Stories

Rapidfire Chats with State CIOs at NASCIO’s 2026 annual conference

The National Association of State Chief Information Officers held its annual conference this week in San Diego, bringing together dozens of state technology leaders to discuss the…

By StateScoop Staff

Driving federal data policy from the outside-in

By FedScoop Staff

Trump’s America.gov goes live in bid to tie government services together using AI

By FedScoop Staff

In this photo illustration, a Google Gemini logo is seen displayed on a smartphone on the top of a laptop. (Photo Illustration by Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Google extends GSA OneGov deal for Gemini

By K. Sophie Will

US is looking to weave AI into critical infrastructure for cybersecurity, national cyber director says

By Tim Starks

Trump launches AI-fueled America.gov in bid to tie government services together

By Madison Alder

Websites ‘in jeopardy’ amid U.S. Web Design System takeover, coalition tells GSA

By Madison Alder

U.S. Africa Command wants tech innovation to offset troops’ shrinking ground presence

By Brandi Vincent

Data documentation for IRS’s AI use cases is lacking, watchdog finds

By Matt Bracken

As AI world debates security, NVIDIA releases open source tools for agents

By Derek B. Johnson

Insights

How to build observability for the agentic AI era

By Scoop News Group

How to build observability for the agentic AI era

By Scoop News Group

5 agentic AI myths state and local IT leaders should rethink

By Scoop News Group

Getty Images

Beyond the card: Why identity assurance is a required layer for payment security and government trust

By Dan Garrett

Videos

DHA CDAO Jesus Caban on scaling AI across military health

By Scoop News Group

Navy CIO M. Barry Tanner on building for rapid change

By Scoop News Group

DARPA’s Stephen Winchell on agentic AI for cyber defense

By Scoop News Group

USTRANSCOM’s Gen. Randall Reed on matching adversary speed

By Scoop News Group

Podcasts

Rapidfire Chats with State CIOs at NASCIO’s 2026 annual conference

By StateScoop Staff

Driving federal data policy from the outside-in

By FedScoop Staff

Trump’s America.gov goes live in bid to tie government services together using AI

By FedScoop Staff

Mobile driver’s licenses are now accepted on Login-dot-gov for ID verification

By FedScoop Staff

The secret to the State Department’s AI success

By FedScoop Staff

Can a city combat homelessness with improved data? San Jose’s new shelter dashboard aims to find out

By StateScoop Staff

The Latest

Pentagon’s James Mazol on data, AI and autonomy

A sign marks the location of the General Services Administration headquarters building on Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

A Trump team wants to automate U.S. Web Design System accessibility testing. Experts are worried.

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrive to push protesters back as cars enter and leave the Delaney Hall Immigration Detention Center on June 12, 2026 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

ICE awards contested, controversial surveillance contract to Thomson Reuters

Boston, MA – August 29: Senator Ed Markey addresses his supporters during a ‘Power to the People’ rally at the IBEW Local 103 facility on August 29, 2026. (Photo by Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

New bill would create federal investigative body for AI-driven hacks

(PAUL J.RICHARDS/AFP via Getty Images)

USPTO has over 20 AI capabilities with more coming, CIO says

Cameron Stanley, the Pentagon’s chief digital and AI officer, speaks at DefenseTalks, Sept. 22, 2026. (Photo credit: Stephanie Boyles/EPNAC)

GenAI.mil attracts about half a million ‘power users’ as Pentagon pushes forward with frontier models

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy Katie Sutton speaks at DefenseTalks on Sept. 22, 2026. (EPNAC)

Pentagon cyber chief: The demand far exceeds supply

A fireside chat with David Alexander, senior science advisor at DHS S&T, Julie Brewer, deputy under secretary for DHS S&T, and Samuel Howerton, chief scientist at DHS S&T, on Sept. 22, 2026 at the Gallup Building in Washington, D.C.

DHS plans ‘large investments’ in biosurveillance as it ramps up capabilities

Dmytro Kushneruk, Consul General of Ukraine in San Francisco, speaks at at Sept. 23, 2026 event in New York City about a partnership with OpenAI to use their cyber models to protect critical infrastructure from cyber attacks. (Image: OpenAI)

OpenAI, Ukraine partner on ‘Daybreak’ program to protect power grids and water systems

A view of the Department of Housing and Urban Development at the Robert C. Weaver Federal Building on July 25, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

HUD eyes AI tool to review grant spending. Housing advocates have concerns

(Getty Images)

The president has called for AI leadership. Here’s the mission.

James Mazol, deputy undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, speaks at DefenseTalks, Sept. 22, 2026. (Photo credit: Stephanie Boyles/EPNAC)

More than 100K personnel use Maven Smart System: Pentagon official

Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., left, and Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., hold a news conference on the Stop Rogue AI Act in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, September 17, 2026. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

After water attacks, Capitol Hill offers its own proposal for an AI-cyber test program

Upcoming Events

Oct 13 2026

Rubrik Public Sector Summit: Building Resilience for the AI Era

Virtual Event

Nov 5 2026

Threat Response Forum

Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City

Nov 17 2026

FedTalks

Waldorf Astoria, Washington, D.C.

Nov 18 2026

Unleashing the Genesis Mission: Human-Machine Teaming in Nuclear Security

VIRTUAL EVENT

Nov 19 2026

AI & IT Modernization Summit

Virtual Event