TL;DR: Tech nonprofits are urging federal agencies not to amend procurement rules that could compromise AI safety and privacy. New guidelines may require contractors to license AI for broad government use, potentially enabling misuse of data and limiting safety measures. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/tech-nonprofits-feds-dont-weaponize-procurement-undermine-ai-trust-and-safety #law #tech #legaltech ⚖️ 🤖 #autosum
Tech Nonprofits to Feds: Don’t Weaponize Procurement to Undermine AI Trust and Safety

While the very public fight continues between the Department of Defense and Anthropic over whether the government can punish a company for refusing to allow its technology to be used for mass surveillance, another branch of the U.S. government is quietly working to ensure that this dispute will...

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