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SWIFT to Launch May 1: DOD Fast Tracks Software Deployment Opening New Doors for Defense Contractors

PilieroMazza PLLC on 5/1/2025

In a decisive move to stay ahead in an era of rapidly evolving digital threats, the Department of Defense (DOD) is accelerating its push for software modernization. The upcoming launch of the Software Fast Track (SWIFT)...more

Innovation in Uniform: The Rise of Israel’s Defense-Tech Sector

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co. on 4/3/2025

The various wars that have taken place around the world in recent years, including the Russia-Ukraine war and the Swords of Iron War, have placed the DefenseTech sector in the spotlight. Amid changes in global security...more

DOD Mandates Use of Software Acquisition Pathway for Software Development Procurements

Wiley Rein LLP on 3/26/2025

WHAT: Department of Defense (DOD) Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a memorandum titled “Directing Modern Software Acquisition to Maximize Lethality” that is intended to reform DOD’s procurement involving software development....more

President Trump’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Plan Takes Shape as NSF, OSTP Seek Comments

Epstein Becker & Green on 2/24/2025

On January 23, 2025, as one of the first actions of his second term, President Trump signed Executive Order (EO) 14179, “Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence,” making good on a campaign promise...more

White House Seeks Public Input on AI Action Plan

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 2/14/2025

The White House is gathering industry feedback on AI governance, giving stakeholders an opportunity to shape future policy....more

New Export Control Rule Regulates Global Diffusion of Artificial Intelligence

Jones Day on 2/6/2025

The U.S. Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security ("BIS") issued a rule establishing a framework to prevent U.S. adversaries from accessing the most advanced artificial intelligence ("AI") systems while...more

The Next Secretary of Defense and National Security Priorities: What Companies Need to Know

BakerHostetler on 1/24/2025

Pete Hegseth, during his Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) confirmation hearings, articulated several priorities that could have a significant impact on private industry in the United States. These priorities focused primarily on...more

2023 AI Safety Executive Order Revoked and What Lies Ahead for AI

Quarles & Brady LLP on 1/24/2025

On President Trump’s first day in office, he rescinded 78 Biden-era Executive Orders via an Executive Order Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions (EO 14145). On the list of rescinded Executive Orders is...more

Healthy AI: 2024 Year in Review

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/9/2025

On October 30, 2023, President Biden signed Executive Order 14110, laying the groundwork for the ethical and secure deployment of AI across industries, including healthcare. This comprehensive directive outlines policy goals...more

Trump's First 100 Days: Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity

Stinson LLP on 12/11/2024

During his first term, Trump appointed a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) director who instituted a number of reforms widely regarded as pro-patent, and the general consensus is that the incoming administration will...more

White House Issues "First-ever" National Security Memorandum on AI

DLA Piper on 11/4/2024

New directives would have implications across a range of federal agencies - On October 24, 2024, the White House released the “first-ever” National Security Memorandum (NSM) on artificial intelligence (AI). The NSM directs...more

Interstellar Insights - September 2024

DLA Piper on 10/2/2024

Space weather startup Perceptive Space raises USD2.8 million. Canadian startup Perceptive Space is developing new artificial intelligence (AI)-based software to forecast space weather more precisely. The company raised...more

Nine months of progress – President Biden’s Landmark AI Executive Order

A&O Shearman on 9/19/2024

Daren Orzechowski Alexander Touma Jack Weinert Daren Orzechowski, Alex Touma, and Jack Weinert examine the progress made by US federal agencies towards achieving the directives set forth in President Biden’s Landmark...more

Major Export Controls Revisions and the AUKUS Trilateral Security Partnership

Holland & Knight LLP on 8/29/2024

The U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. Department of State have been continuously easing restrictions on export-controlled trade between the United States, United Kingdom and Australia to foster technological innovation...more

AI Watch: Global regulatory tracker - United States

White & Case LLP on 5/28/2024

The US relies on existing federal laws and guidelines to regulate AI but aims to introduce AI legislation and a federal regulation authority. Laws/Regulations directly regulating AI (the “AI Regulations”) Currently,...more

Akin Intelligence - March 2024

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 4/10/2024

Welcome to the March edition of Akin Intelligence. This month, the EU AI Act was approved by the European Parliament, moving one step closer to becoming the first major AI law. In the U.S., the DOJ brought criminal charges...more

Global AI Regulatory Update - February 2024

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 2/22/2024

Welcome to our quarterly Global AI Regulatory Update, summarizing key developments from around the world. On November 27, 2023, AI Security Guidelines were published. The guidelines were led by UK National Cyber Security...more

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Executive Order | Akin Intelligence

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 1/30/2024

In this episode of OnAir with Akin, lobbying and public policy partner Hans Rickhoff, senior counsel Reggie Babin and international trade counsel Alan Hayes discuss the current state of AI policy, with a specific focus on the...more

How President Biden's Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence May Set a New Compliance Bar Across Industries

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 11/21/2023

The legal significance of President Joe Biden's "Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence" is immense, marking a pivotal moment in the governance of AI technologies...more

Highlights From the Biden Administration Executive Order on AI

Foley & Lardner LLP on 11/17/2023

On October 30, 2023, President Biden signed the 53-page Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence that significantly advances the United States' policy framework...more

Biden Administration Issues Executive Order Regarding Safety, Security, and Trustworthiness of AI

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 11/9/2023

On October 30, 2023, the White House issued an Executive Order to address the growing innovations—and attendant concerns—regarding artificial intelligence (“AI”). The Executive Order is the first federal attempt to broadly...more

AI Insights: Biden Administration Passes Sweeping Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 11/6/2023

On October 30, the U.S. government released its long-awaited, sweeping executive order (the AI EO or Order) on artificial intelligence (AI). The Order directs various U.S. government departments and agencies to evaluate AI...more

White House Releases Wide-Ranging Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 11/6/2023

On Monday, Oct. 30, President Biden signed an Executive Order (EO) on the Safe, Secure and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The EO is intended to establish safety standards for leading...more

An Overview of the White House’s Executive Order on Safe, Secure and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence and OMB’s Draft...

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP on 11/3/2023

Overview of the Executive Order and OMB Memorandum - On October 30, 2023, President Joe Biden signed the much-anticipated Executive Order on Safe, Secure and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (AI)....more

Executive Order Allows Federal Government to Regulate AI Models

Ballard Spahr LLP on 11/1/2023

The Biden Administration announced a broad Executive Order (Order) on artificial intelligence (AI). The Order, announced just days before an international summit on AI safety, allows the federal government to enforce...more

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