Trump officials are steering a cybersecurity scholarship program toward AI

The article reports that the CyberCorps Scholarship for Service program is being redirected toward AI competencies and will be renamed CyberAI SFS, requiring programs to describe how scholars will gain AI-related cybersecurity skills; current scholars expressed surprise and concern about communication, employability, and placement impacts. NSF and OPM say the changes are forward-looking and that there are no immediate placement requirement changes, while some temporary easing of program rules was announced amid broader program administration issues.