GSA issued an AI acquisition policy for new contracts. Here’s what it says. | FedScoop

The agency revised its AI procurement clause after receiving more than 75 comments this summer and critical feedback from industry. The revised clause applies only when the government is buying AI, and not when contractors use AI internally. The final text also expressly covers AI-enabled document and productivity tools.

Under the revised clause, the government "reserves the right to conduct automated assessments of the LLM" for "bias, truthfulness, safety, unsolicited ideological content, and other factors determined by the Government." The four named factors are followed by a catch-all covering "other factors determined by the Government." The clause also states that the government retains the right to suspend use of the LLM at any time.

The report describes the revision as a response to the summer comment period, which drew more than 75 submissions, and to critical feedback from industry. Two changes are specified: the clause's scope was narrowed to government purchases of AI rather than contractors' internal use, and its coverage was extended to AI-enabled document and productivity tools. The excerpt does not state the policy's effective date, which contracts it will govern, or who conducts the automated assessments.