The US government wants more AI chatbots in fed employees' hands, and its push to do so means that tech companies keen to provide other services will have to get in line behind the LLM makers.

The General Services Administration is going to begin prioritizing authorization of cloud services that include "conversational AI engines designed for routine and repeated use," according to an announcement on Monday. AI products get to jump the approval line for FedRAMP, the US government's cloud software security certification program.

Instead, AI companies will use GSA's FedRAMP 20x , a Biden-era program designed to streamline the government's cloud software approval process. FedRAMP 20x's goals include the automation of FedRAMP security verification by standardizing required documentation, ini

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