Federal Agencies Look Beyond AI Pilots to Build Mission-Ready Capabilities

Federal agencies are shifting their artificial intelligence (AI) efforts from isolated pilots to mission-specific applications, but scaling those tools remains a challenge, government and industry leaders said at FedInsider’s Innovation Summit 2026 on Oct. Officials from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), State Department, and Library of Congress outlined how their agencies are tackling that challenge – from identifying workflow problems and training employees to tes