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The tech head of Hitachi Vantara Federal has recommended the addition of a procurement category in the next iteration of the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act scorecard. Gary Hix, chief technology officer of the IT company, said in an article in Fed Tech Magazine that the new category would enable agencies to adopt new capabilities, […] More
General Dynamics Information Technology is now part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Artificial Intelligence Safety Consortium. GDIT said Friday that its contributions as a member of the consortium include supporting the development of new standards that address AI risks, providing technical expertise to support the development, deployment, transparency and evaluation of AI […] More
Appian has unveiled the integration of ProcureSight with its Requirements Management software, designed to build requirements packages in the Appian Government Acquisition suite. The McLean, Virginia-based software company said on Oct. 30 the Appian Requirements Management-ProcureSight integration boosts government procurement by leveraging semantic search and generative artificial intelligence to enable faster and more accurate requirements building. Appian […] More
Artificial intelligence has been a presence in the government contracting world for decades now — at the recent Raymond James Defense and Government Conference, Parsons CEO and Wash100 awardee Carey Smith said it’s been an established part of the company’s toolbox for many years. Generative AI such as large language models, which are programmed via many-tiered language sets […] More
Anthropic, Palantir Technologies and Amazon Web Services have entered into a partnership to make the Claude 3 and 3.5 family of artificial intelligence models available to U.S. intelligence and defense agencies. Operationalizing AI Use Palantir said Thursday that the partnership will bring about an integrated suite of technology that will enable customers to operationalize the […] More
Chief artificial intelligence officers ought to report not to another C-suite peer like the chief information officer but directly to an organization’s senior leadership, according to Karen Dahut, the CEO of Google Public Sector. CAIOs Should Report to Senior Organization Leaders Dahut, a 2024 Wash100 winner, made the remarks in a recent interview with Nextgov/FCW, […] More
A partnership between Lockheed Martin and Meta aims to enhance national security applications by leveraging large language models. Lockheed said Monday the companies will strengthen coding and data analysis capabilities as well as streamline business by incorporating Meta’s LLM into its artificial intelligence factory. Jim Taiclet, president and CEO of Lockheed and a two-time Wash100 awardee, said on LinkedIn, “We’re […] More
Amazon Web Services has introduced the Generative AI Partner Innovation Alliance to bring GenAI services to more enterprises. The company said Tuesday the alliance is meant to boost the scalability and expansion of the Generative AI Innovation Center, or GenAIIC. This program is designed to help customers in developing and deploying GenAI offerings. Generative AI Partner […] More
Artificial intelligence company Scale AI has launched the Defense Llama large language model, or LLM. The San Francisco-based company said Tuesday that Defense Llama is designed to support national security initiatives. The new LLM, built on Meta’s Llama 3 architecture, is exclusively available in controlled U.S. government environments within Scale Donovan. Defense Llama is ready for deployment […] More
Carahsoft will market Govly‘s artificial intelligence-driven capture and collaboration platform for public sector procurement under a distribution partnership agreement between the two companies. The partnership aims to help government procurement teams streamline and enhance acquisition strategies with visibility into federal solicitations, Carahsoft said Thursday. The platform offers advanced search, AI-based predictions and summaries as well as award […] More
Han Park, an industry veteran with over 20 years of systems, hardware and software experience, has been appointed vice president of artificial intelligence integration at Northrop Grumman, according to the executive’s LinkedIn post shared Friday. Han Park’s Northrop Grumman Career Park’s latest engagement with Northrop marks his second with the company. He was previously part of the […] More
In a world where artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly prevalent throughout healthcare services, officials are testing ways to use the capability to bridge the gap between scientific research and clinical practices. At the Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 Healthcare Summit on Dec. 11, you can gain more insight into how AI is used throughout the healthcare industry […] More
