reb heilweil

@rebheilweil

reporter @fedscoop, previously @voxdotcom | words in @techreview @wired @nysfocus | writing a space history book for @astrahousebooks

Joined December 2015

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reb heilweil@rebheilweil · Nov 21

personal news: i'm writing a book. so excited to be working on this

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Max Tani@maxwelltani · Jul 21

New: Palantir's CTO and several early employees are raising money to launch Founders Films, a film and TV production studio that aims to "say yes to projects about American exceptionalism, name America’s enemies, back artists unconditionally, take risk on novel IP.”

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reb heilweil@rebheilweil · Jul 21

We took a look at increasing government use of Starlink w/ @keelyquinlann fedscoop.com/starlink-us-go…

rebheilweil's tweet card. Through direct sales and a constellation of resellers, the U.S. government is increasingly using Starlink.

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Jason Koebler@jason_koebler · Jul 17

This is truly wild: @josephcox.bsky.social got the user manual for ICE's new facial recognition app, which appears to be one of the most powerful face rec systems because it is connected to tons of different government databases and surveillance systems 404media.co/inside-ices-su…

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reb heilweil@rebheilweil · Jul 17

at usaid, some of the phones still work: fedscoop.com/usaid-shutdown…

rebheilweil's tweet card. The process of remote wiping government phones has been slow, employees who used to do work for the agency said.

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William Turton@WilliamTurton · Jul 15

SCOOP: The IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE propublica.org/article/trump-…

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reb heilweil@rebheilweil · Jul 14

.@fedscoop reporters @rebheilweil and @madialder were out front on this, reporting last week that GSA was testing Grok for possible governmentwide use. fedscoop.com/grok-for-gov-g… x.com/xai/status/194…

xxAI@xai · Jul 14

Announcing Grok for Government - a suite of products that make our frontier models available to United States Government customers We are especially excited about two new partnerships for our US Government partners 1) a new contract from the US Department of Defense 2) our…

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reb heilweil@rebheilweil · Jul 13

reaction from House Oversight Democrats ⤵️ x.com/OversightDems/…

OOversight Dems@OversightDems · Jul 11

This is real. The Trump Administration is exploring feeding your sensitive data to Grok. The same Grok that called itself “MechaHitler” three days ago.

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reb heilweil@rebheilweil · Jul 11

update: github.com/GSA-TTS/10x-ai… is now showing a 404 error

rreb heilweil@rebheilweil · Jul 11

NEW from me and @madialder: a GitHub shows that gov coders are trying to access Grok. a spokesperson for GSA told us the agency is interested in welcoming all American companies and models "who abide by our terms and conditions." fedscoop.com/grok-for-gov-g…

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reb heilweil@rebheilweil · Jul 11

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FFilm Updates@FilmUpdates · Jul 10

‘SCRUBS’ is officially returning. Zach Braff, Donald Faison and Sarah Chalke will return with more original cast members to be announced soon.

reb heilweil@rebheilweil · Jul 11

rebheilweil's tweet card. A GSA spokesperson told FedScoop the agency welcomes all American companies who “abide by our terms and conditions."

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Sam Biddle@samfbiddle · Jul 9

NEW: Buried inside the One Big Beautiful Bill Act is language giving Anduril a de facto monopoly on new border surveillance towers. Link to story below.

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reb heilweil@rebheilweil · Jul 9

UPDATE: Elon Musk's Grok has been repeatedly using antisemitic language in its replies on X since it was 'upgraded'. Grok's posts have featured violent depictions of sexual assault, as well as praise for Adolf Hitler and white nationalist Nick Fuentes.

KKyle Griffin@kylegriffin1 · Jul 8

Grok, Elon Musk's AI chatbot, seems to have gotten a right-wing upgrade after giving accurate information that often undermined claims from Musk and other conservative liars — information that those conservative liars then claimed was "woke." nbcnews.com/tech/elon-musk…

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Kathleen Bush-Joseph@KathleenBushJo2 · Jul 9

A Harvard professor who's lived in the US as a legal immigrant for 30 years testified in court Tues. that after seeing video of the arrest of Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk, he was so fearful of the same fate, he canceled a trip to Germany to visit his dying brother From @Law360

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reb heilweil@rebheilweil · Jul 7

Hi again! I'm joining the team at @fedscoop, where I will cover the role of technology in the federal government. New & old sources, say hey & send tips to [email protected] or on Signal at miranda.952 Excited to get started at such a pivotal time for gov tech.

MMiranda Nazzaro@mirandanazzaro · Jul 6

Personal news: I wrapped up my time at @thehill earlier this month for a new opportunity. I am so appreciative of The Hill & its team for the opportunities it provided me as a young journalist. I’ll still be in the tech reporting space, more TK this week! 🤓

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reb heilweil@rebheilweil · Jul 1

we obtained the latest AI disclosure guidance for federal agencies. despite big talk from the trump admin, not much is changing on this front! @madialder

FFedScoop - @fedscoop.bsky.social@fedscoop · Jul 1

Trump White House issues internal federal guidance on AI reporting scoopmedia.co/45LXPsx via @madialder @rebheilweil

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FedScoop - @fedscoop.bsky.social@fedscoop · Jul 1

Trump White House issues internal federal guidance on AI reporting scoopmedia.co/45LXPsx via @madialder @rebheilweil

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