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A team working on the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Lifelong Learning Machines program developed a new algorithm that allows machine learning systems the ability to continuously obtain new information and  automatically

Two General Atomics-built remotely piloted aircraft reached the mark of 4M flight hours on March 1. The MQ-9 Reaper and the MQ-1B Predator have carried out 24-hour reconnaissance, attack, search and rescue missions

Carnegie Mellon University and the Army Research Laboratory are working to study and develop advanced algorithms, autonomy and artificial intelligence applications under a five-year, $72M agreement. The university said Monday it will

Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif., chairman of House Veterans Affairs Committee, said the panel faces challenges in hiring information technology specialists who will help lawmakers monitor the $10 billion electronic health record overhaul at the Department

The Department of Homeland Security's science and technology directorate is extending the 30-day comment period for a planned set of testing standards that will allow interoperability for digital land mobile radio systems and standardized

Valerie Browning, director of Defense Sciences Office at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, said DARPA will continue building smarter artificial intelligence-based tools to improve man-machine teaming across the Pentagon, Nextgov reported Friday. DARPA

Christopher Krebs, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, said the initial years of the newly-established agency will focus on protecting U.S. critical infrastructures and network, increasing stakeholder engagement and maturing the

The Government Accountability Office said the Federal Trade Commission needs a new internet privacy law that would expand the agency’s authority to protect consumer data from unfair and deceptive trade practices. A

In light of revelations about aggressive intelligence gathering, the National Security Agency has been collecting data only within its authority, and its current initiatives focus on protecting private information of industry from