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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and U.S. Small Business Administration want private capital to accelerate critical tech commercialization. The initial focus will be on areas including AI, quantum information science, semiconductors, and future computing, DOE officials said. https://lnkd.in/dydxXr69

Director Conner Prochaska said the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) is exploring its next quantum effort and called for a renewed National Quantum Initiative to put greater emphasis on applications and commercialization. https://lnkd.in/dZj8m-WX

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Director Arvind Raman said the agency is working with industry to scale post-quantum cryptography while advancing quantum networking and manufacturing capabilities. https://lnkd.in/dmN3ASQ4

Welcome to The Wrap for Friday, September 25! We’ve got everything you need to know today, from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s plan to broaden #quantum access to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)'s push to scale #PQC. Read the full newsletter below:

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) science chief Darío Gil said the department wants to develop national user facilities that would give researchers broader access to advanced quantum computing. https://lnkd.in/d3fmxQpT

Giving an AI agent direct access to pristine data or a gold image can increase its potential blast radius. Cloudflare for Public Sector Head of Federal Anish Patel recommends reducing that risk by dividing work into smaller tasks and isolated environments, with additional access requiring justification and approval. Explore more #FederalAI security insights: https://lnkd.in/dW6GugtZ

IonQ CEO Niccolo de Masi said advances in error correction could make fault-tolerant quantum systems affordable for governments and thousands of businesses within two years. https://lnkd.in/dSnjUHpb

Project Gatekeeper would connect commercial vendors with US Army managed DevSecOps pipelines, using AI to analyze code and prepare evidence for security authorization. https://lnkd.in/dXrf8F8K

The White House technology chief Michael Kratsios rejected calls for new global AI governance structures, arguing that nations should set their own rules as the technology rapidly advances. https://lnkd.in/dSkuGiSe

MERITALK INTERVIEW: Acting Chief AI Officer Kimberly McManus, PhD says the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is scaling AI that is saving employees hours each week, accelerating software delivery, improving clinical care, and protecting veterans’ benefits – while remaining largely invisible to the veterans VA serves. https://lnkd.in/dUp8a7Dm