Industry sources: OMB’s new policy memos a boon for government AI usage

The Office of Management and Budget’s guidance documents on the federal government’s purchase and use of artificial intelligence offer an appropriate combination of encouragement and risk management, according to two leading policy pros on tech issues, who say the memos rebuke charges that the Trump administration is uninterested in AI guardrails.

“The memos go a long way to articulating the new direction the Administration wants to take and how it will use AI in the Federal Government, providing some clarity...