Workers are reeling from chaos in federal agencies
US President Donald Trump’s White House has banned employees from referring to each other by their personal pronouns. The ban applies to all federal agencies, the White House said in a statement. “Use of personal pronouns sends the wrong message about what it means to be an employee of the federal government,” it added.
The young, inexperienced engineers aided Musk in his Government takeover
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has taken over the management of the General Services Administration (GSA), the US government’s payment system, according to reports. Musk has also gained access to the Treasury Department’s payment system, potentially allowing him access to sensitive information about tens of millions of citizens, businesses, and more. Earlier, DOGE personnel had tried to access classified information at USAID.
A third crew member of the Black Hawks has been identified
An American Airlines flight crashed near Washington DC’s Reagan National Airport while trying to land, killing all 67 people onboard. The plane’s flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder were recovered from the aircraft, the Federal Aviation Administration said. It added that it would conduct a “comprehensive investigation” to determine the cause of the crash.
Tech workers are forced to defend their work
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency ( DOGE), which was appointed by US President Donald Trump, wants to use White House security credentials to gain unusual access to GSA technology and other things, WIRED reported. “Granting DOGE staff…un unfettered access to internal government systems and sensitive data poses a huge security risk to the federal government and to the American public,” a Biden official said.
The o3-mini is a leaner model that keeps its pace
US-based AI startup OpenAI has launched a new AI-powered chat feature called’o3-mini’. It said the feature will give users the ability to tap on web searches and call functions from a user’s code. It added that the new model will also incorporate new features, like the ability to tap into web searches and toggle between different reasoning levels.
Crowded airspace has been a problem at Reagan National Airport
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has ordered an immediate ban on all flights at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) following the crash of an American Airlines flight and a US Army helicopter on January 30. “This closure will help secure the airspace near DCA,” Tillerson said in a statement. He further said that the restriction would last until the NTSB completed its investigation.
OpenAI has a new reasoning model with a free version
OpenAI is launching a new chat system called o3-mini, which is designed to answer questions in experimentation and science. o3-mini will match o1-mini’s performance in math, coding and science while responding faster. It will be available in both chat and an application. o3-mini should respond 24 % quicker than o1-mini, and provide more accurate answers in the process.
OpenAI and the government collaborated on rival DeepSeek
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT and a big part of Stargate, has announced it’s collaborating with US National Laboratories to supply the government with advanced models for things like cybersecurity, energy infrastructure and nuclear security. “The main point for us is that the US has to have the infrastructure to maintain its lead,” OpenAI’s Founder Sam Altman said.
Plane Crash: Everything we know so far
The pilot of the Army helicopter that collided with a civilian aircraft on Wednesday night over the Potomac River in US’ Washington DC, killing all six people onboard, was “fairly experienced”, newly installed Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said. “They carried out a required annual night evaluation and they did have night vision goggles,” Hegseth added.
The new artificial intelligence arms race is referred to as DeepSeek
DeepSeek has announced that it is testing its new AI-based self-driving car-sharing service, ‘La Llama’. The product will allow users to rent or own a car from a local dealer. It will also let users pay by credit card for purchases, and will be available on the company’s website. DeepSeek is in talks with several major automobile manufacturers to work on the service.