{"id":184732,"date":"2026-02-05T08:38:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T13:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/trump-administration-official-says-quiet-part-out-loud-on-ai-in-government-plans\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T08:55:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T13:55:12","slug":"trump-administration-official-says-quiet-part-out-loud-on-ai-in-government-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/trump-administration-official-says-quiet-part-out-loud-on-ai-in-government-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Administration Official Says Quiet Part Out Loud on AI-in-Government Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techpolicy.press\/trump-administration-official-says-quiet-part-out-loud-on-aiingovernment-plans\">Trump Administration Official Says Quiet Part Out Loud on AI-in-Government Plans<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techpolicy.press\/trump-administration-official-says-quiet-part-out-loud-on-aiingovernment-plans\">https:\/\/www.techpolicy.press\/trump-administration-official-says-quiet-part-out-loud-on-aiingovernment-plans<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-05 08:38:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.techpolicy.press\">www.techpolicy.press<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The US Department of Transportation (DOT) is planning to use Google&#8217;s large language model, Gemini, to draft federal transportation regulations, with the aim to outsource up to 90% of the usual regulatory work done by legal and policy experts.<\/li>\n<li>DOT intends to be a leader in using artificial intelligence (AI) for speeding up federal rulemaking, potentially adopting a &#8220;good enough&#8221; 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