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AWS announces new AI Factories to reduce infrastructure barriers for public, private sector
AWS and NVIDIA have teamed up to offer public and private sector partners access to bespoke artificial intelligence resources.
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AWS to invest $50B in AI and supercomputing infrastructure for government customers
Amazon Web Services is granting government expanded access to its tech products offerings while scaling the infrastructure required to support it.
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US and Saudi Arabia commit to new AI agreement
The memorandum allows Saudi Arabia to have access to U.S. tech systems, according to a White House fact sheet.
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New Mexico unveils quantum telecom network
State officials have been positioning New Mexico as a leader in quantum sciences and technologies through private sector help and federal partnerships.
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11 companies move to second stage of DARPA’s Quantum Benchmarking Initiative
The selected companies will undergo evaluation to determine if their concepts for a viable quantum computer can be constructed and work as intended.
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IBM unveils updated quantum computing products
IBM moves closer to fault-tolerant quantum advantage with the launch of new hardware and software for scalable quantum processing.
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House Republican questions government stake in tech companies
Georgia Congressman Rich McCormick disputed the Trump administration’s approach to investing in the private sector while aligning with its broader low-regulatory regime.
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AI export control bill passes Senate as NDAA amendment
The GAIN AI Act, which forces chip manufacturers to prioritize U.S.-based customers, made its way into the Senate’s final National Defense Authorization Act text.
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OpenAI, AMD announce 6 gigawatt partnership
The new agreement between OpenAI and Advanced Microelectronic Devices underscores the huge demand for computing power in the AI era.
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Tech under OneGov remains ‘fully available’ during shutdown — but agencies may lack funds and personnel to access it
Some of the advanced software tools made available to federal agencies as part of the OneGov initiative are available for a limited time with impending expirations.
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GSA inks OneGov deal with Grok AI
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok AI, will be available to agencies for $0.42 as part of the OneGov procurement program.
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Anthropic CEO sees 3 areas where policymakers can help with AI
Dario Amodei shared the risk mitigation areas government officials should focus on to balance AI innovation and safety in the U.S.
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Advocacy groups ask OMB to axe Grok AI procurement
Citing vulnerabilities and biased outputs in the program, multiple advocacy organizations and nonprofits signed a letter to the Office of Management and Budget asking it to bar Elon Musk’s Grok from federal workflows.
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Microsoft announces plan to transition to quantum resilience by 2033
Microsoft is taking a phased approach to ensuring its products meet a post-quantum cryptography standard.
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GSA and Anthropic ink deal for Claude AI across all government branches
Anthropic has followed in OpenAI’s footsteps to offer federal agencies its Claude model versions for $1.
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Defense tech office cuts staff down to 40
The cuts to the Defense Technical Information Center are intended to refocus it on “its core statutory mission” according to a Pentagon spokesperson.
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Trump signs 3 executive orders to advance AI
The orders mirror tenets outlined in the administration’s National AI Action Plan released earlier Wednesday.
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OMB draft memo sets agency and vendor quantum security standards
The Office of Management and Budget is drafting a new memorandum to outline steps for the federal government’s migration to a post-quantum cryptographic standard.
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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.
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