The Trump administration just launched a detailed, AI-pushing platform for federal agencies last week, but a government leader is already promising to kill it.

[1]USAi.gov , the site [2]launched by federal government contractors last week, appears to be the final form of the hub that was [3]publicly exposed on GitHub in June. That leaked site revealed the Trump team's plans for a resource that would simplify AI adoption by federal agencies.

The USAi name was originally supposed to reside at [4]ai.gov , but the latter site now serves the purpose of talking up Trump's [5]AI action plan . Compare a [6]cached copy of the old [7]ai.gov we reported on in June to the live USAi.gov and the similarities are apparent, both in the text and graphics, portions of which are identical.

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USAi is now a full-fledged cloud-based, shared AI evaluation platform where government agencies can experiment with different models in a sandbox to find what works for their particular needs. Because resources on USAi are shared, the GSA said, agencies won't have to duplicate work done by someone else if it's useful for their needs.

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In addition to the evaluation suite, USAi also includes a dashboard and analytics platform that allows agencies to track their work on the platform to see what, statistically, performs best for them. Models from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic were available at launch with plans to add more as they get government approval.

"USAi provides a secure and collaborative environment for government employees to explore cutting-edge AI models that will make day-to-day workflows more efficient and help discover innovative solutions prior to making procurement decisions," Federal Acquisition Systems commissioner Josh Gruenbaum said last week.

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That could be a worthwhile investment for the federal government. As GSA CIO David Shive put it in the administration's statement, the public pooling of such early AI experimentation will save a lot of money and hopefully make the process more efficient for agencies.

That doesn't mean USAi is going to be a permanent fixture.

GSA Chief Data and AI Officer Zach Whitman told attendees at a Salesforce event in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday that the federal government wants to make sure it's not in this business for the long-term. The event was sponsored by FedScoop, which first [12]reported Whitman's comments.

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The market will eventually address the need instead, Whitman opined. But the space needs a bit of a government kickstart to get agencies past any acquisiton or technical barriers.

[14]Anarchy in the AI: Trump's desire to supercharge US tech faces plenty of hurdles

[15]Senate decides free rein for AI companies isn't such a good thing

[16]Uncle Sam asks industry if it has AI that'll make procurement suck less

[17]Google, OpenAI, Anthropic get blanket deal to saturate US government with their AI

Whitman also opined that USAi's shared service design is an early if necessary limitation, as it won't allow agencies with niche AI needs to explore how they could use available tools.

"There are a ton of really niche use cases that would require specific adversarial models or specific models that would not fit with the general-purpose platform," Whitman said in DC on Tuesday. "But again, the main focus is to allow for agencies to get up to speed quickly at a low to zero cost, and then allow the market to take over."

With such an attitude from a GSA leader toward USAi's launch, one wonders how long it will last - as well as how much it cost to build. We reached out to the GSA for comment, but didn't hear back by press time. ®

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[1] http://usai.gov

[2] https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/newsroom/news-releases/gsa-launches-usai-to-advance-white-house-americas-ai-action-plan-08142025

[3] https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/10/trump_admin_leak_government_ai_plans/

[4] http://ai.gov

[5] https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/24/ai_trump_plan_/

[6] https://archive.is/xxbeV

[7] http://ai.gov

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[12] https://fedscoop.com/gsa-ai-chief-usai-is-an-immediate-term-product/

[13] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_onprem/publicsector&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=3&c=33aKZFeDSDfC_4SyVw9YRoUQAAAEc&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0

[14] https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/20/opinion_us_govt_ai/

[15] https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/01/senate_passes_trumps_big_beastly/

[16] https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/19/us_government_ai_procurement/

[17] https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/06/google_openai_anthropic_us_gov_ai_deal/

[18] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/