Autonomous lawns were tested on National Mall while the Trump administration pushes AI
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EXCLUSIVE: The Interior Department announced on Tuesday that it is testing the National Mall’s autonomous lawns in Washington, DC, in an effort by the Trump administration to use artificial intelligence to “stimulate operational efficiency”.
In a prescription obtained by Fox News Digital, interior secretary Doug Burgum said that AI “will stimulate more intelligent decision -making, will stimulate operational efficiency and better deliver our main mission to advance the domination of American energy, to protect our natural resources, to associate tribal nations and to improve internal services.”
The Interior Department works with a private company, whose name has not been shared, to develop its AI technologies to be used by the agency.
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Video sequences shared with Fox News Digital show a demonstration of the lawn controlled by AI on the National Mall, each carrying an American flag. (Interior department)
The video shared with Fox News Digital shows a demonstration of lawns controlled by AI on the National Mall, each carrying an American flag. Visitors have scanned a QR code on technology to display a card according to their progress.
In the video, Jeff Gowen, Director of Division of the National Park Service technical services division, said that new machines “allowed us to do more work with the same number of people”.
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The staff of the Interior Department tested the lawns controlled by the National Mall AI in Washington, DC, as part of an initiative aimed at stimulating efficiency. (Interior department)
Gowen added that six lawns controlled by AI are tested in six national parks with a subsidy granted by the National Park Foundation.
“Wild time to be alive,” he said.
In his order, Burgum said that AI will strengthen relations with state and tribal land while pushing federal agencies to adopt faster and more responsible AI.
“To fully unlock the potential of the AI, we must evolve intelligently, govern in a responsible manner and allow our workforce to direct with confidence and clarity,” he said. “While AI becomes more accessible in the DOI labor, it offers real opportunities to modernize the way we serve, strengthening coordination with stakeholders, including national and tribal partners, through the land of the country.”
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In addition to lawns, Burgum has said that the interior department already uses AI for the response of forest fires and environmental exams.
“The AI is to reshape the operation of the industries and the government should not be left behind and must adapt to the standards of the private sector,” he said in order.
“The AI offers a strategic advantage over all the facets of the department’s mission, allowing advanced workforce with well-trained employees to strengthen the development of national resources and operational efficiency, allowing the best management of public land,” he added. “The adoption of the AI will be continued in a way that strengthens the capacity of the interior to serve the American people by safe innovation, responsible and focused on results.”
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The lawns came after the Trump administration published its “Action plan for America’s AI” In July, a plan aimed at ensuring American domination in AI. The plan highlights the role of AI in economic competitiveness and national security.
“Winning the AI race will inaugurate a new golden age of human development, economic competitiveness and national security of the American people,” said the White House.
