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What Trump’s tech strategy means for the military, deterring China, and the future of AI

The strategy includes key provisions to encourage innovation—but also has a glaring omission.

  • By Patrick Tucker

As AI models break free, White House works with firms on secret safety measures

Lawmakers are blasting administration's "ad-hoc" artificial intelligence strategy as tech giants pitch ideas to keep federal contracts flowing.

  • By Patrick Tucker

Industry and academia call on administration to free Anthropic’s AI model

Over 30 industry and academic professionals signed a letter to the Trump administration asking it to lift export controls, citing international competition and patches to network vulnerabilities.

  • By Alexandra Kelley

Lack of White House guidance has complicated agency Mythos adoption, people familiar say

Agency tech leaders say they don’t have clear direction from the White House on how to access and implement Anthropic’s cyber-focused AI model for their networks.

  • By Alexandra Kelley and David DiMolfetta

Trump memo pushes national security agencies to move faster on AI

The directive calls for deeper partnerships with AI companies while directing agencies to guard frontier models and the data centers that power them from foreign adversaries.

  • By David DiMolfetta

GSA publishes ‘Elimination, Optimization and Automation’ playbook for government agencies

The playbook’s framework has already helped the agency save hundreds of thousands of hours, and other agencies can now make use of it to launch their own automation initiatives.

  • By Frank Konkel
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Trump signs AI executive order after postponement last month

The order encourages developers of advanced AI to grant the U.S. and certain critical infrastructure operators 30 days of pre-release model access. Earlier drafts had set 90 days of early access.

  • By Alexandra Kelley and David DiMolfetta

Commerce commits to funding incentives with 9 companies to spur quantum development

The letters of intent provide over $2 billion in funding from the CHIPS and Science Act to spur research and development in fault-tolerant quantum computing.

  • By Alexandra Kelley

US tech official calls for ‘transformational’ use of AI in scientific discovery

Chief Technology Officer Ethan Klein said deploying AI agents across workflows will enhance scientific efficiency, which is particularly critical “because that underpins every one of these technologies that we're looking to develop.”

  • By Edward Graham
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Trump admin floats policy language limiting contractor say on agency uses of technology

Ongoing drafts of policy documents feature language that would limit the private sector’s ability to dictate how their artificial intelligence models are used in government missions, according to sources familiar with their development.

  • By Alexandra Kelley and David DiMolfetta

White House accuses China of ‘deliberate, industrial-scale campaigns’ to steal US AI models

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy told federal agencies that the Trump administration will be enhancing its engagement with the private sector to counter foreign-led distillation campaigns designed to undermine U.S. AI advances.

  • By Edward Graham and David DiMolfetta

US push to counter hackers draws industry deeper into offensive cyber debate

The White House is expanding the market for offensive cyber capabilities — and drawing more of the private sector into that ecosystem — even as policy boundaries around their use remain unclear.

  • By David DiMolfetta

See where Trump is looking to make staffing cuts next year and where he wants to grow

The White House wants to stabilize the size of the federal workforce overall in FY27, though some agencies would still experience large reductions.

  • By Eric Katz
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Trump’s FY27 budget proposes boosts and cuts to tech operations

Agencies like CISA, NIST and the IRS would see notable reductions in their budgets for next year, while programs at Energy and the VA would get additional financial support.

  • By Alexandra Kelley, Edward Graham and David DiMolfetta

Budget would cut Pentagon research by one-third. Can industry compensate?

Tech firms are more willing to spend their own money on R&D.

  • By Patrick Tucker

Vendors struggle to navigate the Anthropic ban’s fallout

Tech contractors say ambiguity in how Anthropic’s products are able to be used by companies working with the federal government is leaving “traps” they may unknowingly fall into.

  • By Alexandra Kelley

Trump names CEOs, nuclear fusion founders and Nobel laureate to tech advisory council

The announcement includes 13 of the possible 24 members that will make up the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

  • By Alexandra Kelley

White House releases regulatory vision for AI

The framework includes seven AI policy recommendations for Congress that attempt to balance consumer protections with advancing AI development.

  • By Alexandra Kelley

INDOPACOM was all in on Anthropic. Now it’s working to adjust

The administration’s government-wide ban on the company’s AI tools has forced the command to work faster to be “model-neutral.”

  • By Jennifer Hlad

Anthropic sues over a dozen federal agencies and government leaders

The company asserts that the administration’s actions to designate Anthropic as a supply chain risk and order its removal from all federal agencies are retaliatory and not based on risk to national security.

  • By Alexandra Kelley

Trump’s new cyber strategy details more offensive response to cyber threats

“Unlike other Administrations, the Trump Administration will not tinker at the edges and apply partial measures and ambiguous strategies that neglect the growing number and severity of cyber threats,” the strategy said.

  • By Edward Graham