A Pittsburgh school district is deploying an AI-powered weapon detection system. 🛜 Privacy experts are warning against this solution given the history of similar technology to fail in critical moments and threaten children's privacy. 👀 @statescoop.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/new-gun-dete...

Excited to announce our CTO Stephen N Miller represented OCTO at @statescoop.bsky.social AITalks State & Local to share valuable insights on how we're leveraging AI within DC Government & its transformative impact on our city's future. ⏯️ aitalksstateandlocal.upgather.com/virtual/live/dc-ai-adoption

Amazon is the latest company to roll out AI bug bounty program, giving external researchers the ability to test their models for vulnerabilities. 👀 🪲 Full scoop from @cyberscoop.bsky.social 's @derekbjohnson.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ cyberscoop.com/amazon-bug-b...

NJ has expanded AI use, including: 🧒 Enrolling 100,000 children into free summer meals 💰 Scaling NJ AI Assistant saving the state millions 🤖 Testing a chatbot at 13 call centers, handling almost 10M calls/year 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/new-jerseys-...

OPM says it will have a fully automated federal retirement process in six months "for sure." 👀 Learn more. 📹 ⬇️ Full scoop from @fedscoop.bsky.social's Madison Alder 📰 ➡️ fedscoop.com/opm-director... #OPM #FederalGov #FederalWorkers #Retirement #AI

Joining a lengthy list of cybersecurity companies acquiring AI-focused companies in 2025, Zscaler announced it has acquired SplxAI. Full scoop from @cyberscoop.bsky.social's @gregotto.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ cyberscoop.com/zscaler-splx...

AI browsers are the latest trend, but cybersecurity experts warn that they can be manipulated and tricked by web content. Learn more from @cyberscoop.bsky.social's @derekbjohnson.bsky.social 📹 ⬇️ Full scoop 📰 ➡️ cyberscoop.com/openai-atlas...

Star Wars, disco, and Walkmans, oh my! On this week's Priorities Podcast, we're joined by Kansas Labor Secretary Amber Shultz who outlines how the state transformed its unemployment insurance system from the 70s.🪩 Full episode: 📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2qk... 🎧 statescoop.com/radio/how-ka...

Get an exclusive first look at IBM's new large language model that's fine tuned for defense and national security applications. 🪖 The new model is deployable in air-gapped, classified, and edge settings. 🤖 @defensescoop.bsky.social 📰➡️ defensescoop.com/2025/10/29/i...

Vail, CO is turning to agentic AI for 🏠 Housing 🚑 Emergency services 🚌 Transportation 🔥 Fire detection 🚨 and more! And doing it using the town’s own solar- and wind-powered data center. ☀️ @keelyquinlan.bsky.social 📹 ⬇️ @statescoop.bsky.social 📰➡️ statescoop.com/vail-colorad...

After two federal judges submitted error-ridden orders using generative AI, the federal judiciary has distributed interim guidance on the use of AI. ⚖️ Full scoop from @fedscoop.bsky.social's Madison Alder 📰 ➡️ fedscoop.com/interim-ai-g...

Defense tech startup Shield AI has entered the market for loyal wingman drones with its uncrewed fighter jet called X-BAT designed to be paired with Shield AI’s “Hivemind” software to enable collaborative, AI-enabled flight. Learn more @defensescoop.bsky.social 📰➡️ defensescoop.com/2025/10/22/s...

Long Island parents found out that their kids have been under constant AI-surveilence. 🚨 The district's school board is investiging how the technology was bought & installed without approval. 🔍 @statescoop.bsky.social's @keelyquinlan.bsky.social explains. 📹👇 📰➡️ statescoop.com/ny-school-di...

Chat and I are really close lately,” says Eighth Army commander Maj. Gen. William “Hank” Taylor. 👀 As he becomes the new acting commander of Eighth Army, Taylor is personally leaning on AI to shape how he leads🤖 @defensescoop.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ defensescoop.com/2025/10/13/e...

Building public-sector gen AI tools? NJ has tips.👀 After building chatbot assistants and translators to support state websites, NJ distilled what it learned into 9 tips that can help guide other state and local governments. @statescoop.bsky.social 📰➡️ statescoop.com/public-secto...

San Jose employs 9,000 staff who provide services — everything from issuing parking permits to extinguishing fires — to a metropolitan population of nearly 2 million residents. 🏙️ Stretched thin, the city looks to generative AI. 🤖 @statescoop.bsky.social 📰➡️ statescoop.com/stretched-th...

Trump funding cuts are ‘assault’ on public research investment, says former OSTP Director Arati Prabhakar. Full scoop from @fedscoop.bsky.social's Madison Alder 📰 ➡️ fedscoop.com/ex-ostp-dire...

Next up for schools? AI-powered drones with gun detection. 🏫 🚁 ZeroEyes will begin offering a product called the ZeroEyes Aerial Detection Kit, or ZAD, drone-based software that uses AI to detect firearms and other threats. @statescoop.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/zeroeyes-dro...

CO Democrats are demanding answers from the Department of Energy following the cancellation of $7.56 billion in energy project funding. 💰 This move they say makes no sense given surging utility costs brought on by AI data centers. 🏢 🤖 @fedscoop.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ fedscoop.com/ai-data-cent...

CA Gov. Newsom vetoed a bill that would have restricted minors’ access to companion chatbots, AI-powered systems that simulate human relationships, saying the legislation went too far & could have banned chatbot use for young people. 👀 @statescoop.bsky.social 📰➡️ statescoop.com/newsom-vetoe...

AI's next federal use case? Money-laundering probes, specifically those tied to foreign terrorist groups, drug cartels and other transnational criminal organizations. 🔎 💰 Full scoop from @fedscoop.bsky.social's Matt Bracken 📰 ➡️ fedscoop.com/fincen-ai-mo...

All U.S. federal agencies were supposed to release 2025 AI compliance plans by Sept. 30. As of publication time, we located roughly 20 plans & 14 strategies across 22 agencies. 👀 🔍 We read each of them, & here's what we found. 📽️ ⬇️ Full scoop @fedscoop.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ fedscoop.com/how-federal-...

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency is planning to enhance software for high-tech threat identification, and it’s conducting market research to inform its acquisition strategy. 🛰️ 🔍 Full scoop from @defensescoop.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ defensescoop.com/2025/10/08/m...

Despite promising to “get out of the way” on chemical reviews to speed up AI data center construction, Trump's EPA pick for toxic substances promised chemical reviews would not be compromised. 👀 @fedscoop.bsky.social's @mattbracken.bsky.social 📰➡️ fedscoop.com/epa-chemical...

A new report from OpenAI says AI is being used in existing workflows, instead of creating new ones dedicated to malicious hacking.⚠️ The report gives examples from China, Russia, Myanmar, & more. Full scoop from @cyberscoop.bsky.social's @derekbjohnson.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ cyberscoop.com/openai-threa...

Israeli-backed social media accounts pushed anti-government propaganda — including deepfakes and AI-generated content — to Iranians as real-world attacks were happening, with the goal of fomenting revolt, according to Citizen lab. @cyberscoop.bsky.social 📰➡️ cyberscoop.com/citizen-lab-...

Tennessee is the latest to partner with Amazon for training and jobs in AI and cloud computing. 🤖 It's the sixth state to join, following Illinois, New York, Texas, Washington and West Virginia. 🤝 Full scoop from @statescoop.bsky.social 📰➡️ statescoop.com/nashville-in...

The group leveraged dozens of social media accounts and “routinely used” AI-generated imagery and video to stoke unrest among Iran’s population, according to Citizen Lab. via @derekbjohnson.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rk1... | cyberscoop.com/citizen-lab-...

San Jose is using AI to to identify road hazards. ⚠️ 🚗 And it's going well - the AI identified potholes with 97% accuracy and debris with 88% accuracy. 🛣️ Full scoop from @statescoop.bsky.social's Sophia Fox-Sowell 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/san-jose-ai-...

The latest version of Claude has many cybersecurity improvements. 🔒 Oh, and it's also increasingly self-aware. 👀 Learn more from @cyberscoop.bsky.social @derekbjohnson.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ cyberscoop.com/anthrophic-s...

California Governor Newsom signs landmark AI bill. SB 53 introduces new transparency requirements and consumer safeguards for leading AI developers. Full scoop from @statescoop.bsky.social's Sophia Fox-Sowell 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/newsom-calif...

AI's next stop? Music. Who's leading? Will.i.am. 🎶 Will.i.am acquired an Israeli AI company in 2016, and now, he will teach an AI course at Arizona State University called ‘The Agentic Self.’ 🏫 EdScoop 📰 ➡️ edscoop.com/will-i-am-as...

California just confirmed: ✅ If AI is being used in decision-making for housing, health care, or lending for you, you have a right to know. ✅ You have the right to opt out of automated decision making. @statescoop.bsky.social's @keelyquinlan.bsky.social 📽️ ⬇️ 📰➡️ statescoop.com/california-a...

NYC highlights another AI use case: subway inspections. 🚇 Using AI, a a startup: ❗ identified 5 maintenance issues 🌳 located more than 300 vegetation encroachments 🦺 saved 30 hours of labor 💰 saved $800 of work cost per mile @statescoop.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/nycs-transit...

Clearview AI, the facial recognition company that scraped the internet for images of people’s faces for its database, is building a tool to deal with an emerging problem: AI-generated faces. 🤖 Learn more on @fedscoop.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ fedscoop.com/clearview-ai...

📢 Meta will offer Llama AI models to government for free in a new GSA deal. Meta joins OpenAI and Anthropic in providing government access to AI models for steep discounts. 🤖 But they won't be free forever. 👀 Full scoop from @fedscoop.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ fedscoop.com/meta-gsa-dea...

Despite being killed in a 99-1 vote, a nationwide moratorium on passing any regulation related to AI was included in Trump's AI Action Plan. 🏛️ 🤖 Three experts testified before Congress on the implications of state regulations on AI. @statescoop.bsky.social ➡️ statescoop.com/state-ai-law...

What's guiding the next phase of federal cybersecurity? Artificial intelligence says acting Federal Chief Information Security Officer Michael Duffy at #FedTalks. 🔐 🤖 Full scoop on @cyberscoop.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ cyberscoop.com/federal-agen...

At #FedTalks, the CDC's Travis Hoppe said the agency’s roughly 10,000 workers have logged: 💬 1.2 million chats ⌛ saved workers an estimated 41,000 hours 💰 contributed to a more than 500% return on the agency’s initial investment More @fedscoop.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ fedscoop.com/cdc-official...

Working with the UK and US governments, Anthropic found a vulnerability so severe it restructured its entire safeguard architecture rather than attempt to patch it. 🇺🇸 🤝 🤖 🤝 🇬🇧 Learn more @cyberscoop.bsky.social 📰➡️ cyberscoop.com/openai-anthr...

VA is telling Congress that it's rapidly implementing AI. 🤖 But GAO warned the same lawmakers that the VA could face challenges before the agency can effectively do so. 🔍 Learn more in the full scoop from @fedscoop.bsky.social's Miranda Nazzaro 📰 ➡️ fedscoop.com/veterans-aff...

An AI research institute funded by NSF under the first Trump administration didn’t receive a renewal for federal support, a move that deals a blow to its work as well as the talent pipeline. 🌪️ 🌩️ More from @fedscoop.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ fedscoop.com/an-ai-weathe...

Top former and current federal officials and industry leaders believe that trust and transparency are key as artificial intelligence develops and becomes increasingly involved in military and intelligence processes. 🤖 Full scoop from @defensescoop.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ defensescoop.com/2025/09/15/t...

Two bills that sought to regulate AI use in “consequential decisions,” such as employment, housing, health care, and financial services have recently failed in: ☀️ California 🏔️ Colorado Learn more from @statescoop.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/california-b...

In the Trump administration's AI Action plan, the concept of regulatory sandboxes were among the more than 90 policy recommendations outlined. 🤖 Sen. Ted Cruz is working to make them a reality. 🏛️ @fedscoop.bsky.social's Madison Alder 📰 ➡️ fedscoop.com/cruz-introdu...

F5, a Seattle-based application delivery and security company, announced Thursday it will acquire Dublin-based CalypsoAI for $180 million in cash highlighting cybersecurity challenges with AI 🤖 @cyberscoop.bsky.social @gregotto.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ cyberscoop.com/f5-to-acquir...

As of July, there are: 🏛️ nearly 100 different federal objectives related to artificial intelligence 🔍 10 different bodies reviewing the U.S. government’s AI efforts 🤖 94 different expectations related to the technology Learn more @fedscoop.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ fedscoop.com/ai-requireme...

Yet another California local government is introducing artificial intelligence into its permitting process. 🤖 ➕ 🪪 Learn more about San Jose's latest AI efforts from @statescoop.bsky.social reporter Sophia Fox-Sowell 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/san-jose-ai-... #stategovernment #govtech #california

Lancaster, CA, will begin using agentic AI to fast-track approvals & eliminate bottlenecks that slow the permitting process. Agentic AI is software with some degree of autonomy in decision-making. 🤖🪪 @keelyquinlan.bsky.social on @statescoop.bsky.social 📰➡️ statescoop.com/lancaster-ca...

The Colorado legislature voted to delay its state AI act by five months. 🏛️ 🤖 This bill would regulate high-risk AI systems in areas like hiring, lending, housing, insurance and government services. Full scoop @statescoop.bsky.social 📰➡️ statescoop.com/colorado-leg...