According to Bloomberg, the U.S. government has added Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic to the list of approved vendors that can provide artificial intelligence services to civilian federal agencies. The companies will receive their AI tools through a new federal contracting platform, the Multiple Awards Program (MSA), which will allow government agencies to approach AI tool vendors through pre-negotiated contracts rather than negotiating with vendors individually.
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), which oversees the MSA, said technology companies are evaluated based on security and performance, Bloomberg reported.
The news comes on the heels of President Donald Trump's executive order focusing on artificial intelligence development, including adjusting environmental standards to increase energy availability for data centers and directing federal agencies to only use artificial intelligence that is "free from ideological bias."