Love it or hate it, AI is blooming in offices across the world.
Unless those offices are full of employees working for the U.S. federal government.
Anew reportfrom Fedscoop casts doubt on Washingtons ability to keep up with the times.
Cybersecurity in the USA. Digital code and Washington DC, USA - stock photo.© Anton Petrus
Last year, President Joe Biden watchedMission: ImpossibleDead Reckoning Part Oneand gotfreaked out about AI.
It scared him so bad that he signed anexecutive orderthat called on tech companies to develop the tech responsibly.
The White House wanted these reports posted publicly by September.
Most of the federal agencies replied and Fedscoop hascollected themall in one place and found a common theme.
According to Fedscoop, twenty-nine agencies submitted reports.
It also doesnt have enough graphics cards.
The recurring data problem is a big one.
Many of these federal agencies have been around for decades.
Many of the technological systems at these agencies are ad-hoc in nature.
Things get replaced when they absolutely have to be, but not before.
A great example of this is Americas nuclear weapons systems.
The Air Force used enormous eight-inch floppy discs to initiate the software governing nuclear command and controluntil 2019.
The data problem, repeated over a dozen reports, is a reflection of this ad-hoc build-up.
Training internal LLMs for government use requires data to be centralized and secure.
Another theme was a lack of understanding of AI in the workforce and an outright fear of it.
Many of the agencies also complained about funding.
Its going to be expensive and time-consuming for these agencies to catch up with the rest of the country.
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