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The White House wants a zero-emission freight industry by 2040
The Biden administration is tackling the monumental task of making America’s industrial freight system more environmentally friendly. The White House said on Wednesday that it aims to have 30 percent of industrial truck sales produce zero emissions by 2030 and 100 percent by 2040.
The White House tells NASA to create a new time zone for the Moon
On Tuesday, The White House published a policy memo directing NASA to create a new time standard for the Moon by 2026. Coordinated Lunar Time (LTC) will establish an official time reference to help guide future lunar missions.
The White House lays out extensive AI guidelines for the federal government
The White House has issued a new policy to regulate federal agencies use of AI. The systems that they use must not "endanger the rights and safety of the American people," Vice President Kamala Harris said.
Biden executive order aims to stop Russia and China from buying Americans' personal data
President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that aims to limit the mass-sale of Americans’ personal data to “countries of concern,” including Russia and China.
Can digital watermarking protect us from generative AI?
Digital watermarks might help content creators better authenticate their online works in an age of generative AI misinformation.
Meta reportedly won't make its AI advertising tools available to political marketers
Reuters reports that Meta will specifically not make its AI advertising tools available to political marketers ahead of the presidential election cycle.
Kamala Harris announces AI Safety Institute to protect American consumers
Vice President Kamala Harris announced a half dozen additional machine learning initiatives that the administration is undertaking, at the UK AI Safety Summit on Tuesday.
Sweeping White House executive order takes aim at AI's toughest challenges
The Biden White House unveiled its ambitious next steps to guide national AI development on Monday backed by "the force of law."
Google expands its bug bounty program to target generative AI attacks
New guidance outlines what discoveries garner financial rewards.
The White House will reportedly reveal a ‘sweeping’ AI executive order on October 30
The Biden Administration will reportedly unveil a broad executive order on artificial intelligence next week. It’s allegedly scheduled for Monday, October 30.
Anthropic, Google, Microsoft and OpenAI form an AI safety group
The Frontier Model Forum says it will focus on secure, careful AI development.
Seven AI companies commit to safeguards at the White House's request
Microsoft, Google and OpenAI are among the leaders in the US artificial intelligence space that will reportedly commit to certain safeguards for their technology on Friday, following a push from the White House.
White House reveals its next steps toward 'responsible' AI development
The Biden Administration wants you! To provide feedback about this whole artificial intelligence issue.
Biden Administration will invest $140 million to launch seven new National AI Research Institutes
The Biden Administration vows to invest $140 million on seven new AI R&D centers and browbeat Big Tech into behaving.
Tesla will open up 7,500 charging stations to other EVs by 2024
The Biden administration has unveiled new initiatives in its $7.5 billion plan to install 500,000 EV chargers on US roads by 2030.
The White House has restarted its free Covid test by mail program
On Thursday, the White House announced that it has restarted the program in cooperation with the US Postal Service, though households will only receive half as many tests as before.
ARM won't sell its latest chip designs in China due to US and UK export controls
ARM won't sell its latest chips to Chinese tech giant Alibaba after concluding that the US and UK would not approve licenses to export the tech.
TSMC is building a second chip plant to meet US semiconductor demand
The White House and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing co. (TSMC) have announced plans to build a second chip plant in Arizona.
White House unveils its 'blueprint' for an AI Bill of Rights
On Tuesday, the White House OSTP released its long-awaited Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights to help guide AI development while safeguarding the rights of the American public.
White House launches a website to help people cope with extreme heat
The White House has launched a website to help the public deal with extreme heat waves.