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As AI gallops through the federal workforce, lawmakers once again call for expanded training

The Register · Brandon Vigliarolo · last updated

AI is here to stay, so representatives Nancy Mace (R-SC) and Shontel Brown (D-OH) have introduced a bill to ensure more US federal government employees are properly trained to use it.

The AI Training Extension Act of 2025, introduced by Mace and Brown last week, isn’t a new idea – the federal government has already been training employees to work with AI for some time under the 2022 Artificial Intelligence Training for the Acquisition Workforce Act [PDF].

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