Federal AI Newsletter - Aug. 29
Feds Weigh Gen AI Use For Cybersecurity
Agency officials see generative AI as a solution to more mission parts as the technology evolves, Nikki Henderson reported. The National Institutes of Health and its parent agency, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , are exploring the key benefits of using generative AI for analyzing vast data sets. Nathan Hotaling , senior data scientist with the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) at NIH, said generative AI has been critical when looking for electronic health record data.
“It makes that unstructured data actually searchable, understandable and instantly findable. Functionally, it means that you are going to be able to harness all of that unstructured information that sits inside of PDFs and paragraphs of text in places that before you needed a human to read through,” said Hotaling. “Generative AI helps us move to that next level and my group is working on analyzing physician notes and we also use it to help our scientists find the relevant publications to the questions that they’re asking.”
How Harris and Walz Have Boosted AI Policy
Vice President Kamala Harris selected Minnesota governor Tim Walz as her running mate recently and the ticket has collectively supported various technology modernization efforts that could paint a picture for what their administration could look like for federal tech policy, particularly AI. Harris has been the face of the Biden administration’s AI efforts, Silvia Oakland reported.
“When it comes to AI, America is a global leader. It is American companies that lead the world in AI innovation. It is America that can catalyze global action and build global consensus in a way that no other country can. And under President Joe Biden, it is America that will continue to lead on AI,” Harris said last fall at the AI Safety Summit in the United Kingdom.
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