(Department of Energy / Flickr) Energy Artificial Intelligence and Technology Office’s work transferred to other agency subgroups The DOE recently announced Helena Fu as its new chief AI officer. Dec 13, 2023 By Rebecca Heilweil
Lynne Parker speaks March 11, 2020, at the IT Modernization Summit presented by FedScoop. (Scoop News Group) White House Deputy CTO and National AI Director Lynne Parker to step down It is not clear yet who will replace Parker within the White House's AI office. Aug 15, 2022 By Nihal Krishan
Energy Department launches council to coordinate AI activities The first meeting of the oversight body is planned for June. Apr 29, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir
The Department of Energy’s Cheryl Ingstad. (Cheryl Ingstad / Twitter) Energy Department will draft its own ethical AI principles The civilian agency follows on the heels of the Department of Defense and the intelligence community. Oct 20, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir
(Department of Energy / Flickr) Energy planning first AI training module for the fall The Artificial Intelligence and Technology Office is working with the department's 17 National Labs on additional modules. Aug 21, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir
A Texas Army National Guard UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter helps fight wildfires near Bastrop, Texas, Oct. 14, 2015. (U.S. Army National Guard / Sgt. 1st Class Malcolm McClendon). New AI consortium for first responders fuses efforts from DOE, JAIC and Microsoft The project will focus on getting technology to state and local first responders to better track and respond to natural disasters. Aug 18, 2020 By Jackson Barnett
(Getty Images) Energy’s AI director reviewing 600-plus projects for technologies worth replicating The Artificial Intelligence and Technology Office hopes to use its doubled budget to double in size in fiscal 2021. Feb 20, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir
(Getty Images) Trump budget touts funding for AI and quantum but proposes slashing federal R&D by $13.8B Within the White House fiscal 2021 proposal is funding for various "industries of the future" like $25 million to build the "national quantum internet." Feb 10, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir
(Department of Energy / Flickr) Energy’s AI office names first director Cheryl Ingstad last worked for 3M Company commercializing AI and machine learning R&D. Feb 7, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir