Industry launches $100B AI-infrastructure effort to keep ahead of China
Oracle, OpenAI focus on data centers as AI race begins to turn on computing power instead of math. Updated: Jan. 22, 2:20 p.m. ET. Oracle, OpenAI, and investors in Japan and the UAE have launched a $100 billion effort to build data centers to run AI applications, an indication of how the U.S.-China race for artificial […]
COMMENTARY:The 3 pillars of public sector AI transformation
How federal agencies and government contractors must align data, operations and culture to succeed in the ‘Insight Age.’ The public sector is entering what speaker and author Joel Neeb calls “The Insight Age,” a period where both private companies and public sector agencies are incorporating artificial intelligence to create a better user and stakeholder experience, streamline […]
Demo concerns emerge in fight for $1B Army business system contract
New filings from the protester Groundswell allege both an improper evaluation process and technical misrepresentation on the Army’s part. Newly-unsealed filings offer new insights into the dispute involving the Army, Groundswell and Accenture’s U.S. federal subsidiary over what could be an eight-year, $1 billion contract to revamp several of the service branch’s business systems. Groundswell, under the name […]
Treasury chooses 10 for $20B cyber support pact
Appropriately dubbed PROTECTS, this blanket purchase agreement aims to set up an enterprise approach for cybersecurity across the Treasury Department. The Treasury Department has made awards on a potential eight-year, $20 billion blanket purchase agreement for broad cybersecurity services in support of efforts to standardize solutions and operating models across the organization. Known as PROTECTS, the […]