The General Services Administration (GSA) in Washington is introducing a new artificial intelligence tool for government use. This tool, developed over the past 18 months under the Biden administration, aims to support staff in their daily tasks at the agency. The GSA plans to extend the tool to other federal agencies soon, emphasizing security and privacy. Concerns about the risks associated with commercially available AI tools prompted the decision to create the tool internally to ensure it complies with government security standards.
GSA is currently assessing how the AI tool can be integrated into federal employees’ daily routines and is encouraging its use, though it is not mandatory. Acting Administrator and Deputy Administrator Stephen Ehikian described the potential of incorporating generative AI in government work as groundbreaking, likening it to providing a personal computer to every worker. The Trump administration has shown support for the self-developed AI tool, anticipating that feedback from its implementation within the GSA will help refine its functionality for wider government use.
Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, a key adviser to President Donald Trump, has advocated for making government operations more efficient through AI adoption. Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency was rumored to be considering an AI tool for evaluating responses to emails sent to federal employees, although Musk denied this, clarifying that the evaluation was merely a basic check to ensure employee responsiveness.
