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A Pittsburgh school district is deploying an AI-powered weapon detection system. 🛜

Privacy experts are warning against this solution given the history of similar technology to fail in critical moments and threaten children's privacy. 👀

@statescoop.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/new-gun-dete...
November 13, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Amazon is the latest company to roll out AI bug bounty program, giving external researchers the ability to test their models for vulnerabilities. 👀 🪲

Full scoop from @cyberscoop.bsky.social 's @derekbjohnson.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ cyberscoop.com/amazon-bug-b...
November 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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NJ has expanded AI use, including:
🧒 Enrolling 100,000 children into free summer meals
💰 Scaling NJ AI Assistant saving the state millions
🤖 Testing a chatbot at 13 call centers, handling almost 10M calls/year

📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/new-jerseys-...
November 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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OPM says it will have a fully automated federal retirement process in six months "for sure." 👀

Learn more. 📹 ⬇️

Full scoop from @fedscoop.bsky.social's Madison Alder 📰 ➡️ fedscoop.com/opm-director...

#OPM #FederalGov #FederalWorkers #Retirement #AI
November 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Joining a lengthy list of cybersecurity companies acquiring AI-focused companies in 2025, Zscaler announced it has acquired SplxAI.

Full scoop from @cyberscoop.bsky.social's @gregotto.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ cyberscoop.com/zscaler-splx...
November 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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AI browsers are the latest trend, but cybersecurity experts warn that they can be manipulated and tricked by web content.

Learn more from @cyberscoop.bsky.social's @derekbjohnson.bsky.social 📹 ⬇️

Full scoop 📰 ➡️ cyberscoop.com/openai-atlas...
October 30, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Star Wars, disco, and Walkmans, oh my! On this week's Priorities Podcast, we're joined by Kansas Labor Secretary Amber Shultz who outlines how the state transformed its unemployment insurance system from the 70s.🪩

Full episode:
📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2qk...
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October 30, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Get an exclusive first look at IBM's new large language model that's fine tuned for defense and national security applications. 🪖

The new model is deployable in air-gapped, classified, and edge settings. 🤖

@defensescoop.bsky.social 📰➡️ defensescoop.com/2025/10/29/i...
October 30, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Vail, CO is turning to agentic AI for
🏠 Housing
🚑 Emergency services
🚌 Transportation
🔥 Fire detection
🚨 and more!

And doing it using the town’s own solar- and wind-powered data center. ☀️

@keelyquinlan.bsky.social 📹 ⬇️

@statescoop.bsky.social 📰➡️ statescoop.com/vail-colorad...
October 29, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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After two federal judges submitted error-ridden orders using generative AI, the federal judiciary has distributed interim guidance on the use of AI. ⚖️

Full scoop from @fedscoop.bsky.social's Madison Alder 📰 ➡️ fedscoop.com/interim-ai-g...
October 27, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Defense tech startup Shield AI has entered the market for loyal wingman drones with its uncrewed fighter jet called X-BAT designed to be paired with Shield AI’s “Hivemind” software to enable collaborative, AI-enabled flight.

Learn more @defensescoop.bsky.social 📰➡️ defensescoop.com/2025/10/22/s...
October 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Long Island parents found out that their kids have been under constant AI-surveilence. 🚨

The district's school board is investiging how the technology was bought & installed without approval. 🔍

@statescoop.bsky.social's @keelyquinlan.bsky.social explains. 📹👇

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October 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Chat and I are really close lately,” says Eighth Army commander Maj. Gen. William “Hank” Taylor. 👀

As he becomes the new acting commander of Eighth Army, Taylor is personally leaning on AI to shape how he leads🤖

@defensescoop.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ defensescoop.com/2025/10/13/e...
October 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Building public-sector gen AI tools? NJ has tips.👀

After building chatbot assistants and translators to support state websites, NJ distilled what it learned into 9 tips that can help guide other state and local governments.

@statescoop.bsky.social 📰➡️ statescoop.com/public-secto...
October 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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San Jose employs 9,000 staff who provide services — everything from issuing parking permits to extinguishing fires — to a metropolitan population of nearly 2 million residents. 🏙️

Stretched thin, the city looks to generative AI. 🤖

@statescoop.bsky.social 📰➡️ statescoop.com/stretched-th...
October 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Trump funding cuts are ‘assault’ on public research investment, says former OSTP Director Arati Prabhakar.

Full scoop from @fedscoop.bsky.social's Madison Alder 📰 ➡️ fedscoop.com/ex-ostp-dire...
October 17, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Next up for schools? AI-powered drones with gun detection. 🏫 🚁

ZeroEyes will begin offering a product called the ZeroEyes Aerial Detection Kit, or ZAD, drone-based software that uses AI to detect firearms and other threats.

@statescoop.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/zeroeyes-dro...
October 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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CO Democrats are demanding answers from the Department of Energy following the cancellation of $7.56 billion in energy project funding. 💰

This move they say makes no sense given surging utility costs brought on by AI data centers. 🏢 🤖

@fedscoop.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ fedscoop.com/ai-data-cent...
October 15, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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CA Gov. Newsom vetoed a bill that would have restricted minors’ access to companion chatbots, AI-powered systems that simulate human relationships, saying the legislation went too far & could have banned chatbot use for young people. 👀

@statescoop.bsky.social 📰➡️ statescoop.com/newsom-vetoe...
October 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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AI's next federal use case? Money-laundering probes, specifically those tied to foreign terrorist groups, drug cartels and other transnational criminal organizations. 🔎 💰

Full scoop from @fedscoop.bsky.social's Matt Bracken 📰 ➡️ fedscoop.com/fincen-ai-mo...
October 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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All U.S. federal agencies were supposed to release 2025 AI compliance plans by Sept. 30. As of publication time, we located roughly 20 plans & 14 strategies across 22 agencies. 👀 🔍

We read each of them, & here's what we found. 📽️ ⬇️

Full scoop @fedscoop.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ fedscoop.com/how-federal-...
October 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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The U.S. Missile Defense Agency is planning to enhance software for high-tech threat identification, and it’s conducting market research to inform its acquisition strategy. 🛰️ 🔍

Full scoop from @defensescoop.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ defensescoop.com/2025/10/08/m...
October 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Despite promising to “get out of the way” on chemical reviews to speed up AI data center construction, Trump's EPA pick for toxic substances promised chemical reviews would not be compromised. 👀

@fedscoop.bsky.social's @mattbracken.bsky.social 📰➡️ fedscoop.com/epa-chemical...
October 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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A new report from OpenAI says AI is being used in existing workflows, instead of creating new ones dedicated to malicious hacking.⚠️

The report gives examples from China, Russia, Myanmar, & more.

Full scoop from @cyberscoop.bsky.social's @derekbjohnson.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ cyberscoop.com/openai-threa...
October 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Israeli-backed social media accounts pushed anti-government propaganda — including deepfakes and AI-generated content — to Iranians as real-world attacks were happening, with the goal of fomenting revolt, according to Citizen lab.

@cyberscoop.bsky.social 📰➡️ cyberscoop.com/citizen-lab-...
October 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM