Companies

Anthropic’s Claude for Enterprise expands deployment at Lawrence Livermore

Lawrence Livermore National Lab will be able to use Claude to wrangle large datasets, generate scientific hypotheses and more. 

Companies

Maxar launching AI-powered ‘predictive intelligence’ to spot crises before they happen

New software for fusing satellite data from multiple constellations could spot big events before they pop off.

Companies

Industry calls for more research funding, public-private partnerships in the National AI Strategy

AI heavy hitters cited robust research funding, participation in standards development, and public, private and academia collaboration in comments sent to policymakers.

Contracts

Democrats raise alarm over AI-driven contract cuts at VA

Connecticut Democrat Sen. Richard Blumenthal, the ranking member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, said DOGE’s use of an AI tool resulted in the “wholesale slashing” of VA contracts.

Companies

AWS GovCloud gets high-level security approvals for Anthropic and Meta AI models

Select versions of the Claude and Llama foundation models will be available for public sector customers via the AWS GovCloud.

Companies

Anthropic introduces new Claude Gov models with national security focus

The company's custom AI models are now available for classified environments in government.

Companies

Salesforce’s AI agents receive FedRAMP high authorization

Salesforce said that its Agentforce platform “has built-in trust standards and a unified approach.”

Companies

Leidos bets on offensive cyber with $300M Kudu acquisition

The purchase seeks to fulfill growing demand for converged cyber-electronic warfare solutions.

Companies

Vibrint expands defense tech capabilities with Ampsight buy

The acquirer is looking to strengthen its artificial intelligence, cloud and cyber offerings for national security and geospatial intelligence customers.

Companies

US dominance in AI needs to occur at every component layer, tech leaders say

Experts testifying in the Senate on Thursday noted how the entire artificial intelligence technology stack needs to be U.S.-led for global dominance in the field.

Podcasts

WT 360: How federal tech policy leans on speed, efficiency and commercial approaches

Bill Wright, head of global government affairs at Elastic, explains how the bipartisan nature of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity shapes policy and how industry can play a critical role in that.

Contracts

National AI Action plan should expand open-source offerings, respondents say

During the open comment period, a multitude of entities — from private sector to academic research bodies — touted the benefits of a robust open-source AI ecosystem.

Companies

Industry awaits how OMB AI guidance on paper will be implemented in practice

The Trump administration’s new artificial intelligence use and acquisition guidance touches on safeguarding civil liberties, but experts have expressed skepticism about its implementation.

Contracts

Slingshot Aerospace secures Air Force contract to ‘fingerprint’ objects in space

The company is tasked with using artificial intelligence to analyze 4.5 million nightly observations from a global sensor network that tracks 14,500 satellites and other objects in space.

Contracts

Energy selects 16 sites for AI data center construction, new energy development

The Department of Energy identified 16 locations on its own land to build the new infrastructure.

Contracts

Partnership for Public Service launches AI Center for Government

The good-government nonprofit said the center will focus on developing AI leaders, building talent and allowing agencies at all levels of government to share information and best practices.

Contracts

GSA to ‘quadruple' in size to centralize procurement across the government

The head of GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service told employees at a Thursday meeting that the agency will “do about $400 billion” in procurement management under this effort.

Opinion

AI’s promise amid federal EHR growing pains

As VA struggle with costs and DOD completes its rollout, artificial intelligence offers a path forward for electronic health records.

Companies

NVIDIA and MITRE announce AI-powered 6G project

The chip manufacturer and defense research firm will work with telecommunications companies to embed artificial intelligence into next generation wireless networking.

Contracts

FHA seeks virtual data set to fight pedestrian fatalities

This new Federal Highway Administration initiative aims to replace manual counting methods with artificial intelligence-generated data for improved safety planning.