US General Services Administration ยท Happened in AI https://happenedinai.com/company/us-general-services-administration/ Happened in AI helps you understand the important AI developments worldwide in under five minutes, then gives you the original evidence and context to go deeper. en Wed, 21 Oct 2026 23:06:17 GMT GSA's AI contract clause takes effect, barring vendors from training models on government data https://happenedinai.com/story/government-gsa-ai-contract-clause-takes-effect/ https://happenedinai.com/story/government-gsa-ai-contract-clause-takes-effect/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 22:09:00 GMT News Government A General Services Administration clause covering federal purchases of large language model tools took effect on 19 October; it is a class deviation, so it applies as policy before formal rulemaking and public comment. White House launches America.gov, an AI chatbot portal drawing on 29,000 federal websites https://happenedinai.com/story/government-america-gov-ai-portal-launch/ https://happenedinai.com/story/government-america-gov-ai-portal-launch/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 21:51:00 GMT News Government An executive order signed on 29 September makes America.gov the front door for federal services, with a chatbot reported to run on Google's Gemini and xAI's Grok; for now it answers questions and links out, and transactions are planned for 2027.