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An image of a man using ChatGPT software. (Photo by NICOLAS MAETERLINCK/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images)

More federal agencies join in temporarily blocking or banning ChatGPT

Energy and the VA are the latest agencies to confirm they’ve banned generative AI tools, at least temporarily, on their systems.

Jan 9, 2024 By Rebecca Heilweil

Drone flying at the airport near an aircraft leading to a possible crash or accident. Illegal UAV flight inside the airport conceptual montage. (Image credit: Getty Images / Joel Papalini).

Energy Department requests information for counter-drone capabilities

On behalf of the National Nuclear Security Administration, Sandia National Laboratories requested information for available counter-drone technologies.

Dec 20, 2023 By Caroline Nihill

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Energy announces new office to handle AI, quantum and more

Helena Fu, a former White House official, will serve as the director for the Office of Critical and Emerging Technology and as DOE’s chief AI officer.

Dec 12, 2023 By Caroline Nihill

Most agency AI inventories are ‘not fully comprehensive and accurate,’ GAO reports

The Government Accountability Office finds “instances of incomplete and inaccurate data” in agencies’ artificial intelligence inventories and reveals about 1,200 total uses of AI reported by the…

Dec 12, 2023 By Madison Alder Rebecca Heilweil

Ann Dunkin delivers a keynote at FedTalks 2023. (FedScoop)

Energy Department looking to make ‘broad bets’ for furthering quantum research and development

CIO Ann Dunkin said DOE is looking to innovate quantum technologies through both internal and external R&D.

Dec 5, 2023 By Caroline Nihill

A blue charger is plugged into the front of an electric vehicle. Only the nose of white the vehicle is shown in the frame. — Electric vehicles were displayed before a news conference with White House Climate Adviser Gina McCarthy and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg about the American Jobs Plan and to highlight electric vehicles April 2021 in Washington. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

ChargeX working group releases electric vehicle error code recommendations

A consortium operated by several Department of Energy national labs released 26 error codes to improve the reporting of EV charging issues.

Nov 29, 2023 By Madison Alder

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National Science Foundation convenes first meeting on NAIRR pilot following Biden order

The science and research agency convened a meeting with more than 100 government, private-sector and nonprofit attendees Tuesday to discuss the National AI Research Resource.

Nov 9, 2023 By Madison Alder

President Joe Biden walks to sign an executive order after delivering remarks on advancing the safe, secure, and trustworthy development and use of artificial intelligence, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 30, 2023. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Inventories to be ‘more central part’ of understanding how agencies use AI under White House guidance

The White House is specifically seeking input on what should be made public in agency AI use case inventories as part of the Office of Management and…

Nov 7, 2023 By Madison Alder Caroline Nihill

Reps. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., and Frank Lucas, R-Okla. sit at a dark wooden table with microphones and papers atop it in a House hearing room. — Reps. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., and Frank Lucas, R-Okla., testify during a hearing before the House Committee on Rules in July 2023. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Lawmakers introduce bipartisan bill to reauthorize National Quantum Initiative Act

The House bill would reauthorize a law aimed at bolstering quantum research after it expired Sept. 30.

Nov 3, 2023 By Madison Alder

Rory A. Cooper, who uses a wheelchair, shakes hands with President Biden in the East Room of the White House. A uniformed man stands next to them holding a National Medal for Technology and Innovation to be presented to Cooper. — President Joe Biden presents the National Medal of Technology and Innovation to Rory A. Cooper, of the University of Pittsburgh and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, at a ceremony in the East Room of the White House Oct. 24 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Biden’s tech and innovation medal recipients include those with VA, Energy, NIH ties

Federal government awardees honored for their innovations in mobility devices, cancer treatments, and drinking water technologies.

Oct 24, 2023 By Madison Alder