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fromFast Company
6 days ago

We asked government workers about AI

In the public sector, the stakes are high: If an agency's technology fails, real people don't get the health services they need, disaster recovery efforts get delayed, and communities lose access to services they rely on. But we also know the right technology can empower public servants to have a bigger impact. Fast forward three years, and AI is everywhere. Chatbots abound and AI widgets appear in new applications daily.
US politics
fromsfist.com
1 month ago

Thursday Morning What's Up: Senate Votes to Rescind NPR, PBS Funding

A two-alarm fire occurred in a vacant apartment building in Oakland's Chinatown, controlled by firefighters by 11 PM.
fromsfist.com
1 month ago

SF City Hall Puts ChatGPT Tool to Work Across Multiple Departments

San Francisco has launched Microsoft 365 Copilot for 30,000 city employees to assist in various tasks while implementing strict usage guidelines.
fromComputerWeekly.com
2 months ago

AI Summit London: Managing legacy IT and the pace of AI development | Computer Weekly

80% of AI proof-of-concept projects fail to progress to production stages.
Technical debt and existing IT infrastructure pose significant challenges in leveraging AI for businesses.
Artificial intelligence
fromTruthout
2 months ago

How DOGE Created an Error-Prone AI Program to Tear Up Veterans Affairs Contracts

The Trump admin's VA contract cuts relied on faulty AI assessments that misclassified and inaccurately valued numerous crucial services.
fromNextgov.com
2 months ago

Anthropic introduces new Claude Gov models with national security focus

Anthropic's new Claude Gov models are designed specifically for government use in national security and classified environments.
Growth hacking
fromFast Company
3 months ago

Elon Musk's DOGE team is using his Grok chatbot in federal government, raising alarms about conflict of interest

Musk's AI chatbot Grok is being used in the U.S. federal government, raising privacy and conflict-of-interest concerns.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

UK government to launch AI tool to speed up public consultations

An AI tool called Consult has been introduced by the Scottish government to review public responses to consultations, boasting identical results to human officials.
Artificial intelligence
US news
fromwww.nytimes.com
4 months ago

Trump Draft Order Would Drastically Overhaul U.S. State Department

The draft White House executive order aims to drastically restructure the State Department by eliminating Africa operations and key offices.
The changes include potential layoffs of foreign service officers and a shift to using artificial intelligence for operations.
fromComputerworld
4 months ago

IT consulting spending is 'wasteful,' says US Defense Secretary

The memo ordered the termination of 11 more contracts for consulting services supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), climate, and COVID-19 response.
Tech industry
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