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Send us Fan Mail AI is now showing up in federal source selections, and in this episode, we break down what happened when the Army tested an AI evaluation tool on real proposals during an active procurement. We start with the headline story, then go deeper into the TRAX International court case to look at how those AI-generated evaluations ended up in the administrative record, what the court actually found, and what the case teaches the acquisition workforce about discretion, professional ju...
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