"It is blatantly unconstitutional," one senator says as agencies grapple with pausing nearly all grants and loan programs.

Perplexity AI has presented a new proposal to TikTok’s parent company that would allow the U.S. government to own up to 50% of a new entity that merges Perplexity with TikTok’s U.S. business, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The latest plan for a TikTok buyout, by Perplexity AI, would give the U.S. government up to a 50% stake in the company’s domestic business.

A new proposal to stop the ban on TikTok could give the U.S. government a significant stake in the social media app. Submitted by AI company Perplexity, the plan aims to address concerns about data security.

OpenAI has begun offering a version of ChatGPT designed for US government agencies. ChatGPT Gov includes many of the same features found in the Enterprise offering of the chatbot, including access to the company’s GPT-4o model.

OpenAI's new AI chatbot is an expansion on its flagship ChatGPT product. The new tool, ChatGPT Gov, is specifically for use by U.S. government agencies.

Microsoft-backed artificial intelligence (AI) bellwether OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Gov, a tailored version of ChatGPT designed for U.S. government agencies, it said in a blog post on Tuesday. OpenAI said the agencies can deploy ChatGPT Gov in their own Microsoft Azure commercial cloud,