investigations/SCOOPS
CBP document of alleged trade violations reveals claims about forced labor, national security issues (FedScoop)
Federal government affected by Russian breach (CyberScoop)
More than 1,300 devices reported missing to the US’s international aid organization (FedScoop)
Israeli firm behind tech that reportedly cracked Trump shooter’s phone wants more business (FedScoop)
Inside NASA’s deliberations over ChatGPT (FedScoop)
Justice Department discloses FBI project with Amazon Rekognition tool (FedScoop)
NASA’s rules for astronaut posting: No TikTok, don’t embarrass us (Vox)
NASA cautiously tests OpenAI (FedScoop)
Why Teslas keep catching on fire (Vox)
USAID updated policy to allow use of Signal (FedScoop)
Can the Global Engagement Center make the case for itself (FedScoop)
Anthropic eyes FedRAMP accreditation (FedScoop)
Customs and Border Protection is expanding its use of biometric iris recognition (FedScoop)
Even the US government falls victim to cryptojacking (FedScoop)
Sources: The Small Business Administration’s chief information officer is let go (FedScoop)
USAID’s technology team is down to five members (FedScoop)
Scoop: Federal CIO calls for agencies to inventory licenses with top software vendors (FedScoop)
USAID delayed wiping phone of government employee killed by off-duty Israeli cop (FedScoop)
Whatever happened to New York’s facial recognition Ban (New York Focus)
New York’s chosen AI keeps users from collecting unemployment (New York Focus)
New surveillance AI can tell schools where students are and where they’ve been (Vox)
YouTube’s kids app has a rabbit hole problem (Vox)
Tesla reveals a major snag in the EV revolution: Fixing them (Vox)
The messy politics of Nextdoor (Vox)
The FAA is developing an air traffic tool for the space age. It may need help (FedScoop)
USAID warned employees not to share private data on ChatGPT, memo shows (FedScoop)
How risky is ChatGPT? Depends which federal agency you ask (FedScoop)
Federal agencies are falling behind on key privacy goal set five years ago (CyberScoop)
The government is struggling to track its AI. And that’s a problem (FedScoop)
Department of Transportation disclosed a ChatGPT as an AI use, then removed it (FedScoop)
EXPLAINERS, AnALYSIS, AnD Media
Want to win a chip war? You’re going to need a lot of water (Wired)
The death of the gas station (Vox)
Inheriting bitcoin is harder than it sounds (Vox)
Stop asking what would happen if war broke out on the ISS (Wired)
God Friended Me and How Social Media handles deities (Wired)
Deux ex machina: religions use robots to connect with the faithful (Wall Street Journal)
How VCs are vying for a piece of your brain — literally (Fast Company)
Inside NASA’s big plan to bring internet to the moon (Fast Company)
Deliver us from AI? This priest-led network aims to shepherd Silicon Valley tech ethics (Fortune)
How US states fight over space funding (Fast Company)
Flight delayed? Blame a spaceship (Vox)
The space station race (Vox)
Interviews
Sec. Pete Buttigieg (Vox)
Sen. Jeff Merkley (Vox)
Rep. Yvette Clarke (FedScoop, Daily Scoop)
Rep. Don Beyer (FedScoop)
OpenAI’s Anna Makanju (FedScoop)