{"id":86953,"date":"2025-08-08T06:12:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T06:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=86953"},"modified":"2025-08-08T06:12:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T06:12:42","slug":"us-government-approves-ai-companies-for-federal-contracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=86953","title":{"rendered":"US Government Approves AI Companies for Federal Contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"

[<\/em><\/strong>Our AI Business Services<\/em><\/strong><\/a>]\u200a\u2014\u200a[<\/em><\/strong>Advertise with\u00a0Us!<\/em><\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Midweek Fellows, but that\u2019s no reason to start getting lazy and delegating all your work to AI agents; they expose your sensitive data more than you may think, and they don\u2019t truly think. OpenAI makes a U-turn and releases an open model you can run locally, while the government makes it even easier for three tech behemoths to land AI federal contracts. Let\u2019s dive in and, as always, stay\u00a0curious.<\/em><\/p>\n

OpenAI Releases First Open-Weight Models in 5\u00a0YearsUS Government Approves AI Companies for Federal ContractsAI ToolsAI Agents Become New Security, Weak\u00a0LinkLearning Corner\u200a\u2014\u200aPersonal\u00a0Prompt<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcf0 AI News and\u00a0Trends<\/h3>\n

Walmart Creates AI \u2018Super Agents<\/a>\u2019 to Manage Its Growing Fleet of Worker\u00a0BotsOpenAI in Talks<\/a> for Share Sale at $500 Billion ValuationPerplexity raised another $200M at $20B\u00a0now<\/a>Google DeepMind is releasing a new version of its AI \u201cworld\u201d model, called Genie 3<\/a>, capable of generating 3D environments that users and AI agents can interact with in real\u00a0time.ElevenLabs<\/a> launches Eleven Music, an AI tool that generates full songs from text prompts with commercial licensing.<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udf10 Other Tech\u00a0news<\/h3>\n

Aurora begins nighttime driverless operations<\/a>. The company said nighttime driving, which it started in July, \u201cdoubles truck utilization potentialChina tests out stablecoins amid fears<\/a> of capital\u00a0outflowsSales of Ozempic have dropped; Rival Mounjaro seems to be more effective<\/a><\/p>\n

OpenAI Releases First Open-Weight Models in 5\u00a0Years<\/h3>\n

OpenAI has released two open-weight language models, gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b<\/a>, marking its first such release since GPT-2 in 2019. These models can run locally on consumer devices and be fine-tuned for specific purposes, representing a strategic shift for the\u00a0company.<\/p>\n

Key Features:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Both models use chain-of-thought reasoning (similar to OpenAI\u2019s o1\u00a0model)Can browse the web, execute code, and function as AI\u00a0agentsThe smaller 20b model runs on devices with 16GB+\u00a0memoryAvailable free on Hugging Face under Apache 2.0 license (allowing commercial use)<\/p>\n

Performance & Competition:<\/strong><\/p>\n

OpenAI says gpt-oss-120b performs similarly to its proprietary o3 and o4-mini\u00a0modelsThe release appears to be a response to DeepSeek\u2019s recent open-weight model that stunned Silicon\u00a0ValleyPositions OpenAI to compete with Meta\u2019s Llama series in the open-weight space<\/p>\n

CEO Sam Altman emphasized wanting open AI innovation to happen in the US \u201cbased on democratic values.\u201d The company sees these open models as complementary to its paid services rather than competition, offering advantages like offline operation and firewall compatibility. The release was delayed for additional safety testing, including evaluations of potential misuse by bad\u00a0actors.<\/p>\n

\ud83e\udde0 Learning\u00a0Corner<\/h3>\n

Just try this prompt on the AI models you use the most, let us know what you think of the feedback:<\/p>\n

\u201cBased on all our conversations, tell me what you understand about who I am, what I do, how I like to communicate, and what I typically need from you. Be specific.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

US Government Approves AI Companies for Federal Contracts<\/h3>\n

The General Services Administration (GSA) is adding OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT, Google\u2019s Gemini, and Anthropic\u2019s Claude to its approved vendor list, enabling widespread AI adoption across civilian federal agencies<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Federal agencies can now quickly procure these AI tools through the GSA\u2019s Multiple Award Schedule without months of individual negotiations. <\/strong>The GSA used its buying power to secure deep discounts, similar to existing deals with Adobe and Salesforce.<\/p>\n

AI will penetrate every inch of our digital world as agencies plan to use AI for processing patent applications, detecting tax fraud, reviewing grant submissions, developing customer service chatbots, and summarizing public comments on regulations. The Treasury Department and Office of Personnel Management have already expressed interest.<\/p>\n

The approval comes days after President Trump signed executive orders mandating federal agencies only procure language models \u201cfree from ideological bias.\u201d GSA officials say enforcing the ban on \u201cwoke AI\u201d will be handled agency-by-agency, while emphasizing the US needs to win the AI\u00a0race.<\/p>\n

GSA says more AI vendors will be considered; these three were simply furthest along in procurement.<\/p>\n

\ud83e\uddf0 AI\u00a0Tools<\/h3>\n

Download our list of <\/strong>1000+ Tools for\u00a0free<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

AI Agents Become New Security Weak\u00a0Link<\/h3>\n

New studies reveal major AI vulnerabilities: LLMs provide incorrect login URLs one-third of the time, while AI agents operate with full user privileges but zero security awareness.<\/p>\n

AI agents (used by 79% of organizations) have access to all enterprise apps and passwords, but can\u2019t recognize security\u00a0threatsWhen asked for sign-in URLs, LLMs return wrong sites 34% of the time, including fake, parked, or unrelated domainsSmaller brands are hit harder as LLMs are more likely to \u201challucinate\u201d their login\u00a0pages<\/p>\n

AI agents have the same system privileges as human users, including access to all logins and passwords, but lack the security awareness that comes from employee training. They blindly complete tasks without recognizing threats. Worse, storing these credentials on agent servers means your sensitive data is exposed to those platforms and any third parties with cloud access, multiplying the attack\u00a0surface.<\/p>\n

We suggest implementing browser-native detection for malicious activity and restricting agent permissions immediately. Long-term, develop systems that differentiate between human and AI users in real-time. Most critically: never delegate personal or highly sensitive access to AI agents. They aren\u2019t human, won\u2019t exercise judgment, and can\u2019t be trained to recognize when they\u2019re being exploited.<\/p>\n

US Government Approves AI Companies for Federal Contracts<\/a> was originally published in Coinmonks<\/a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[Our AI Business Services]\u200a\u2014\u200a[Advertise with\u00a0Us!] Midweek Fellows, but that\u2019s no reason to start getting lazy and delegating all your work to AI agents; they expose your sensitive data more than you may think, and they don\u2019t truly think. OpenAI makes a U-turn and releases an open model you can run locally, while the government makes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interesting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86953"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86953\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}