House and Senate lawmakers seek to impose new cyber incident reporting rules as part of a proposed amendment to the Federal Information Security Modernization Act. If passed, the new version of FISMA would require all federal agencies to alert Congress and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency when major attacks occur. The secretary of defense […]
The Federal Trade Commission has launched an investigation into a potential consumer protection laws violation of OpenAI in connection with its ChatGPT artificial intelligence tool, a large language model trained to produce answers to queries and generate personalized content. In a demand letter, the regulatory agency ordered the company to contact FTC counsel to schedule […]
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration has awarded Fairfax, Virginia-based VMD Corp. a five-year, $29 million contract for governance and oversight support services. VMD Corp. will provide IT and operation technology cyber assessments, enterprise project management office expertise, governance, enterprise policy advisory and implementation support across the nuclear security enterprise. Deepti Malhotra, CEO […]
The Department of Commerce and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have launched a $60 million competition aimed at funding small businesses developing climate resilience technologies for the ocean. Under the Ocean-Based Climate Resilience Accelerators program, the government intends to partner with the private sector to form organizations that provide financial support, training and mentorship […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has teamed up with the University of Rochester and Google to explore the potential of artificial intelligence to identify irregular heart rhythms in firefighters. Electrocardiogram data from over 100 firefighters generated by the university and machine learning were used to train an AI model called Heart Health Monitoring […]
The Department of Energy has awarded $72 million in funding to support nearly 300 projects addressing multiple energy focus points. The funding will be used to support small businesses with projects focusing on renewable energy, nuclear energy, cybersecurity, manufacturing, artificial intelligence and other initiatives that support the Biden administration’s carbon-free electricity grid and net-zero emissions […]
The Department of Energy plans to grant a combined $2.2 million to 11 joint research efforts between Japan and the United States relating to high-energy physics. Such funds will be used to finance projects of mutual interest to the U.S. and Japan. Subject areas are expected to include the Higgs boson, neutrinos and particle acceleration. […]
New Los Alamos National Laboratory research found that a quantum neural network can be trained using a small amount of simple data, paving the way for less complex machine learning on quantum computers. Authors of the paper include researchers from LANL, the United Kingdom, Switzerland and Germany. Existing quantum computers use long circuits that produce […]
The National Science Foundation has entered into a new cooperative agreement with the National Center for Supercomputing Applications to deploy an artificial intelligence-enabled supercomputer in support of AI research. NCSA received a $10 million award for the effort, under which the DeltaAI supercomputer will complement NCSA’s Delta system, which the NSF’s Innovative High-Performance Computing Program […]
The Department of Homeland Security has awarded 20 companies a total of $3.15 million in Phase I Small Business Innovation Research contracts to address key technology needs. The companies will receive up to $150,000 to conduct proof-of-concept research over five months. The key topic areas are accurate and real-time hardware-assisted detection of cyberattacks, air cargo […]
