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Nuclear Regulatory Commission in ‘testing’ phase with Azure OpenAI

The independent federal agency is in the early stages of its work to leverage the tool with its data repository.

Sep 9, 2024 By Caroline Nihill Rebecca Heilweil

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Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI Service lands FedRAMP High authorization

Included in the tech giant’s leading artificial intelligence product will be its GPT-4o model.

Aug 12, 2024 By Matt Bracken

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Microsoft, Palantir partner to make AI and data tools available for national security missions

The tech giants’ products will support mission planning in federal intelligence and defense agencies’ classified networks.

Aug 8, 2024 By Matt Bracken

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CDC’s generative AI pilots include school closure tracking, website updates

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is testing out use cases for generative AI and sharing its approach with other federal partners as it plans to…

Apr 5, 2024 By Madison Alder

Microsoft makes Azure OpenAI service available in government cloud platform

The service is live on Azure Government Tuesday while the agency pursues FedRAMP authorization for high-impact data.

Feb 6, 2024 By Madison Alder

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) HQ building — Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Headquarters, Washington, DC

How cloud modernization helps FERC streamline its regulatory processes

A novel tech-challenge approach helped IT leaders at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission start the overhaul of its legacy applications and improve customer service.

Jan 29, 2024 By Scoop News Group

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Microsoft rolls out generative AI roadmap for government services

Some of the new AI services that Microsoft will roll out in the coming months include: Azure OpenAI generative services for government, classified cloud workloads, intelligent recap…

Exclusive Oct 31, 2023 By Nihal Krishan

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NASA cautiously tests OpenAI software for summarization and code writing

Employees looking to evaluate the technology are only invited to join generative trials if proposed use cases involve “public, non-sensitive data."

Exclusive Aug 4, 2023 By Rebecca Heilweil

JAN. 23, 2023 — Screens display the logos of OpenAI and ChatGPT. (Photo by LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP via Getty Images).

Microsoft Azure OpenAI service approved for use on sensitive government systems

The service has received FedRAMP High approval, meaning it can be used in cloud environments that hold sensitive, unclassified data.

Exclusive Jul 28, 2023 By Nihal Krishan

NEW YORK, NY – APRIL 29: A Microsoft corporate logo hangs on the side of their office building on Eighth Avenue on April 29, 2023, in New York City. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)

Microsoft appoints Candice Ling as head of federal business unit

The technology executive takes over leadership of Microsoft's federal IT business following the departure of Rick Wagner.

Exclusive Jul 18, 2023 By Nihal Krishan