A group of Democratic senators wrote the Trump administration warning that their approach to AI could catapult Chinese AI alternatives into broader acceptance. 👀 @cyberscoop.bsky.social's @timstarks.bsky.social explains more. 📽️ ⬇️ 📰 ➡️ cyberscoop.com/trump-ai-pol... #Trump #China #Congress

The National Science Foundations announced a $100 million grant program for state, regional AI infrastructure hubs. 👀 @statescoop.bsky.social's @keelyquinlan.bsky.social has the full scoop 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/nsf-100m-gra... #NSF #AI #SLED

This past year, 📈 AI-enabled malicious activity surged 89% ⏰ 88% of vulnerabilities were weaponized through AI within 48 hours Learn more from the latest CrowdStrike report. @cyberscoop.bsky.social's @mattkapko.com 📰 ➡️ cyberscoop.com/crowdstrike-... #CrowdStrike #CyberSecurity #CyberDefense #AI

First there was an executive order then there were export controls, where is the Trump's administration line on AI regulation? 🔍 @cyberscoop.bsky.social's @derekbjohnson.bsky.social spoke to cybersecurity experts and former government officials to learn more. 📰 ➡️ cyberscoop.com/trump-admin-...

Ahead of the midterms, Arizona secretary of state expands its AI chatbot. 🗳️ The only problem? The chatbot doesn't really require AI given its limited and prescribed inputs. 👀 Full scoop from @statescoop.bsky.social's @colinwood.me 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/arizona-adri... #Arizona #Midterms #Democracy

Illinois becomes the first state in the nation to require outside evaluations of AI safety practices conducted by auditors without financial conflicts of interest. 👀 👏 Full scoop from @statescoop.bsky.social's Sophia Fox-Sowell 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/illinois-ai-... #Illinois #Chicago #Pritzker

After ‘hemorrhaging talent,’ the Army created a path for software-savvy troops. @defensescoop.bsky.social talked to the first graduating class, that will build tools, including AI-enabled applications, to help fix unit problems. 📰 ➡️ defensescoop.com/2026/07/01/a...

A new Senate draft bill would establish a list of AI agent software providers that people can use to establish human ownership and securely run agents on social media and other online platforms. 👀 Full scoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social's @derekbjohnson.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ cyberscoop.com/ai-agent-act...

California Gov. Newsom signed a deal with Anthropic to get state and local government employees the company's tools for 50% discounted rate. 👀 🤖 Full scoop from Sophia Fox-Sowell 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/california-a...

A new group led by former governors promises national AI workforce "people strategy" with more than $500 million in commitments. Full scoop from @statescoop.bsky.social's @colinwood.me 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/raise-us-ai-... #AI #Workforce #TechJobs

Anthropic launched a $15 million cyber defense program for state, local, tribal and territorial governments. 👀 Full scoop from @statescoop.bsky.social's @keelyquinlan.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/anthropic-la... #AI #StateGovernment #GovTech #CyberDefense #CyberSecurity

AI's next use case? Facilitating emergency response at the state & local level. 🤖 As natural disasters increase in frequency & Trump shifts recovery responsibility to local government, the Markle Foundation researching AI support. ⛈️ @statescoop.bsky.social 📰➡️ statescoop.com/aspen-digita...

MS Gov. Reeves announced the educational Mississippi Statewide AI Framework, which creates a “structured, stage-by-stage map” for learners of all ages, from K-12 to advance their AI skills. 🤖 @statescoop.bsky.social @keelyquinlan.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/mississippi-...

Meet Rampart and Clarity, Microsoft’s new red team combo AI agents meant to help developers design more secure agentic software and assist incident responders in the face of ongoing breaches. 🤖 🪲 Full scoop from @cyberscoop.bsky.social's @derekbjohnson.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ cyberscoop.com/microsoft-ra...

As of last month, the United States Patent and Trademark Office had over 1.26M pending applications, and AI's next use case may be helping sort through them. 🗃️ 🤖 @fedscoop.bsky.social's @ksophiewill.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ fedscoop.com/uspto-seekin... #USPTO #Trademark #AI #FederalContracting #Procurement

Concerned about how the federal government is using AI? Under a bipartisan bill, federal agencies would be required to develop AI standards. 🤖 Full scoop from @fedscoop.bsky.social's @ksophiewill.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ fedscoop.com/federal-agen...

How's cybersecurity across the federal government in the age of AI? Well as one official put it, federal leaders are “peeing in their pants.” 😬 🫠 Full scoop from @cyberscoop.bsky.social's @derekbjohnson.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ cyberscoop.com/white-house-... #CyberSecurity #AI #TechNews #GovTech

The State Department is using agentic AI to buy back time for workers. 💼 🤖 Full scoop from @fedscoop.bsky.social's @ksophiewill.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ fedscoop.com/state-depart... #StateDept #AgenticAI #AI #TechNews

AI is revolutionizing warfare according to a top cyber official at the Defense Department. 🪖 Full scoop from @cyberscoop.bsky.social's @timstarks.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ cyberscoop.com/pentagon-cyb... #Pentagon #DefenseNews #DefenseTech #AI

Want the latest updates in the AI arms race in cybersecurity between OpenAI and Anthropic? 👀 @cyberscoop.bsky.social's @gregotto.bsky.social explains more. 📽️ ⬇️ Full scoop 📰 ➡️ cyberscoop.com/openai-daybr... #CyberSecurity #Mythos #CyberAttack #CyberDefense

Code for America is partnering with Anthropic to bring AI tools to state and local caseworkers working on SNAP and Medicaid and adjusting to complex eligibility changes under Trump's Big Beautiful Bill. 🥫 📂 @statescoop.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/code-for-ame...

California is seeking resident's input on statewide AI policy. 👀 🤖 Learn more. 📹⬇️ Full scoop from @statescoop.bsky.social's Sophia Fox-Sowell 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/california-a... #California #Newsom #AI #Regulation

Indiana has a new AI-powered financial literacy program that creates "micro personas" to tailor lesson plans to users' needs. 🤖 💸 Full scoop from @statescoop.bsky.social's @keelyquinlan.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/indiana-mone...

A chatbot provided medical advice, prescribed a medication, and created a fake Pennsylvania license number. 💊 🤖 The state and governor are suing. Full scoop from @keelyquinlan.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/pennsylvania...

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is using AI to help its analysts sort through threats. 🤖 Full scoop from @cyberscoop.bsky.social's @timstarks.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ cyberscoop.com/copy-fail-li...

The Center for Medicare & Medicaid services is using AI to comb through the more than 4M cases they're tasked with each day. 👀 The results? Returning in 2024 about $14 for every $1 spent to fight fraud according to the acting director. @fedscoop.bsky.social 📰➡️ fedscoop.com/cms-ai-fraud...

Senators take another swing at bill to codify federal AI resource. 🤖 The bipartisan CREATE AI Act has a House companion and seeks to establish the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource following a pilot launched in 2023. 👀 @fedscoop.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ fedscoop.com/create-ai-ac...

AI found the bug, and then, wrote about the bug. 🤖 Welcome to the “AI makes AI” era, where cybersecurity discovery, documentation, and exploitation are all moving at machine speed. 🫠 Full scoop from @cyberscoop.bsky.social's Matt Kapko 📰 ➡️ cyberscoop.com/copy-fail-li...

How is AI affecting the American workforce? 🫥 🔍 Under a new, bipartisan bill, the Department of Labor would lead the charge on collecting data to answer this very question. 📉 Full scoop from @fedscoop.bsky.social's Matt Bracken 📰 ➡️ fedscoop.com/labor-depart...

“My biggest fear is that in five years, we’re going to lose a lot of expertise," National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's Sasha Muth, said at #WorkDayFedForum. 👀 🤖 NGA is taking a cautious approach to AI adoption in human resources @defensescoop.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ defensescoop.com/2026/04/29/n...