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DISA embarks on new reshuffle to better align to China threat
"We decided to go with J codes for the fact of better aligning with our combatant commands, better aligning with the Joint Staff, and as a Combat Support Agency, it just makes sense," Lt. Gen. Skinner said.
Keep moving or die: Army will overhaul network for rapid maneuver in big wars
The Army has nixed future "Capability Set" upgrade packages for brigade networks in favor of smaller, more frequent updates, with the most complex technology reserved for division and corps HQs.
‘Like Netflix’: After slow start, Army aims to ‘drastically’ accelerate software updates
Today, just nine of the Army’s 540 acquisition programs use the streamlined Software Pathway, but senior officials told Breaking Defense in an exclusive interview they aim to "exponentially" increase that number by the end of next year.
Pentagon chief AI officer ‘scared to death’ of potential for AI in disinformation
“Here’s my biggest fear about ChatGPT,” Craig Martell said. “It has been trained to express itself in a fluent manner. It speaks fluently and authoritatively. So you believe it even when it’s wrong… And that means it is a perfect tool for disinformation..."
Zero trust ‘sure as heck’ might have helped stop Discord leaks: Pentagon CIO
A leak from a “trusted insider who has gone through the background investigation" and been given access to top-secret level capabilities is “a tough one that we have to be able to put measures to get after," DoD CIO John Sherman said.
Anduril’s new tech could allow single operator to control ‘hundreds’ of autonomous systems
“When we look at our unmanned formations today, they cost way too much, there are way too many people inside, they have way too many loops,” Chris Brose, Anduril’s chief strategy officer, said.
Military cyber directors: Help us better leverage AI to gain the ‘high ground’
In a sign of how ubiquitous AI has become recently, DISA Director Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner began his keynote not speaking himself, but with a generative AI that cloned his voice and delivered the start of his remarks.