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DOGE officials embedded at the Department of Treasury are rejecting claims by state attorneys general that efforts to access sensitive federal databases violate administrative procedure law, in the latest push to have a federal district court lift its hold on Department of Government Efficiency activities.
Tech giant Google, in its recommendations on the upcoming artificial intelligence action plan from the White House, stresses the need to allow “fair use” of content by AI developers under copyright exceptions, while also citing barriers to AI innovation potentially raised by privacy and patent laws.
Leading Democrats on the House oversight and judiciary committees are demanding the so-called Department of Government Efficiency divulge under the Freedom of Information Act its use of artificial intelligence to access and process sensitive federal data, among other requests, in a move that ups the political ante on the Elon Musk-led DOGE efforts.
Mehmet Oz, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, advocated for the use of artificial intelligence to counter inappropriate denials of service by insurers, at his Senate confirmation hearing which touched on pending lawsuits against insurance companies using AI to process claims.
The Trump administration should make plain where it stands on restricting the availability of open-source artificial intelligence models through export controls -- and encourage related procurement and competition measures -- to accomplish the goal of maintaining U.S. dominance in the technology, Mozilla told the White House.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce underscores its longstanding -- and freshly updated -- principles on artificial intelligence in its recommendations for a White House AI action plan, while emphasizing harmonized national policies, promotion of an “open-source AI ecosystem” and creation of a federal AI policy coordinating role, among its key points.
Major technology groups sent letters this week to new Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick urging support for the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s artificial intelligence work as “a high value investment” even in a season of budget cuts.
Developers of frontier artificial intelligence models should be shielded from state laws aimed at ensuring security if they agree to share information regarding their process with the federal government, OpenAI said in comments to the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Concerns are percolating in the tech sector about the lack of transparency on artificial intelligence uses by the Trump administration in its Department of Government Efficiency initiative, according to sources close to the industry who discussed the issue on background.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee is examining how to reuse abandoned industrial sites for data centers that support artificial intelligence, under a longstanding federal program for cleaning up the contaminated properties referred to as brownfields.
The House has approved with overwhelming bipartisan support legislation tasking the Department of Homeland Security with developing a plan for deploying artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies for securing the border.
President Trump has nominated John Squires to lead the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, a position that sets key policies influencing artificial intelligence development, while announcing picks for an Office of Science and Technology Policy spot and senior positions at other departments with AI responsibilities.
There’s a need to share facial recognition data across federal agencies -- a move that has so far been restricted due to privacy concerns -- in order to more effectively apprehend criminals exploiting the U.S. immigration system, tech consultant Doug Gilmer testified before the House Oversight Committee’s panel on information technology.
The software industry is asking President Trump’s White House Office of Management and Budget to revise Biden administration policies for federal procurement of artificial intelligence, by narrowing incident reporting requirements and limiting mitigation measures to high-risk uses, among other requests.
The Special Competitive Studies Project in a new memo urges the Trump administration to bolster the federal government’s expertise on artificial intelligence, including by hiring new talent, as a national security imperative and essential to winning a global technology competition with China.
A tech sector coalition led by the Software & Information Industry Association is urging Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to support artificial intelligence efforts at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, calling NIST’s work “a high value investment” even as the Trump administration pushes to slash government spending.
Michael Kratsios, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Science and Technology Policy, said he will “assess” the role of the Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a creation of the Biden administration that has drawn industry support as a center for government-industry collaboration, in his written responses to senators considering his nomination.
A leading cybersecurity group and the trade association for corporate directors have issued a special artificial intelligence risk management supplement to their popular cyber handbook, with the goal of enabling boards to exercise effective oversight of AI deployment.
Highlighting a need to beat China in artificial intelligence innovation, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) expressed skepticism of efforts to regulate the development and use of AI by a contingent of “safety” advocates who argue failing to do so could foster an existential threat.
Consumer Reports has issued findings that artificial intelligence voice cloning products generally fail to include safeguards such as “meaningful” consent requirements, with the group urging Congress, the Federal Trade Commission and states to step in and mandate protections for consumers.
Scientific and civil society groups have written to senior White House officials urging them to “maintain and update” artificial intelligence use case inventories that were required by executive order in the first Trump administration and expanded upon under President Biden, including in a March 2024 Office of Management and Budget memo.
European Union Commissioner Michael McGrath defended the EU’s continued focus on artificial intelligence safety following last month’s Paris AI Action Summit, which was widely viewed as signaling a shift toward deployment of the technology amid intensifying transatlantic competition spurred on by the Trump administration.
The influential tech research group Aspen Digital has released a “grand strategy” for the United States and its democratic allies to compete and win against China in the age of artificial intelligence, with an emphasis on long-term priorities that transcend immediate national economic and security concerns.
Researchers at RAND Corp. say U.S. restrictions on semiconductors and computer chips to China helped fuel the development of DeepSeek’s low-cost and energy-efficient R1 chatbot, suggesting emerging Trump administration responses are misguided.
The Center for Cybersecurity Policy and Law has produced a crosswalk comparing artificial intelligence frameworks issued by governments and standards bodies, including the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s landmark AI risk management framework.
A federal district court has approved a briefing and conference schedule proposed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in a legal dispute launched by xAI owner Elon Musk, bringing to a head next month allegations by Musk that seek to block OpenAI’s move toward a for-profit corporate structure.
A federal district court has excluded a software application used by the Internal Revenue Service for automated procurement processing from a temporary injunction against activities by the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, a win for the Trump administration in its government downsizing efforts being challenged by state Democratic attorneys general.
A federal district court has rejected a request by government employees to block, or impose an injunction against, efforts by the so-called Department of Government Efficiency to access the Treasury Department’s most sensitive database.
A federal district court has granted and denied in-part a request by the Treasury Department to refuse plaintiffs access to government documents authorizing the so-called Department of Government Efficiency to infiltrate Treasury databases and identify programs and staff for elimination.
Senior Democrats on the House Science Committee are worried President Trump’s government downsizing will undercut federal initiatives to expand AI research and development beyond major tech firms, part of a broader Democratic effort to track the effects of the administration’s layoffs.
The Special Competitive Studies Project in a new “memo to the president” is urging major investment in initiatives to improve the energy efficiency of artificial intelligence systems and to bolster chip development and production in the United States.
A new policy memo from the Stimson Center says the pace of technological development is outstripping the U.S. government’s ability to assess “how adversaries might exploit U.S. tech policies,” but artificial intelligence could be the key to shaping effective export controls and other policies in a rapidly changing real-world environment.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies collaborated with Scale AI in developing a benchmark to evaluate large language models on the propensity for bias toward escalation and other factors in decision-making during international conflict scenarios, to highlight a need for government testing and more transparent development.