Google has introduced Gemma 4 as its most capable open model family to date, designed for advanced reasoning and agentic workflows, and released under an Apache 2.0 license. Google says Gemma has already been downloaded more than 400 million times, with a community...
San Francisco, March 23–26, 2026 — At RSAC 2026, one of the most important messages was clear: in the age of agentic AI, trust has become a security imperative. As AI systems gain the ability to plan, decide, and act, organizations must answer four urgent questions:...
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has launched USAi, a secure generative AI evaluation suite described as the “infrastructure for America’s AI future.” This platform allows federal agencies to test and evaluate emerging AI technologies collectively,...
The newly launched Report on Emerging Computing Pathways in Quantum, Neuromorphic, and Photonic Computing by the Data Security Council of India (DSCI) highlights how photonic computing could revolutionize the future of information processing. By using light instead of...
The Trump-OpenAI AI partnership, announced earlier this month, marks a seismic shift in how the U.S. government leverages artificial intelligence to modernize operations, reduce costs, and enhance national security. This groundbreaking collaboration, formalized in...
As artificial intelligence becomes a central driver of economic growth, innovation, and national security, the United States is accelerating efforts to establish a regulatory framework that safeguards public interests while fostering technological leadership. A...
Researchers blend theoretical insight and precision experiments to entangle photons on an ultra-thin chip In the race toward practical quantum computers and networks, photons — fundamental particles of light — hold intriguing possibilities as fast carriers of...
By Cansu Canca In the Shaping Futures section of this week’s BGF Weekly, we spotlight the influential article “Operationalizing AI Ethics Principles” by Dr. Cansu Canca, published in the Communications of the ACM. Dr. Canca addresses one of the most pressing...