Treat AI as your ‘crazy drunk friend,’ not like ‘peanut butter’: CIA tech chief

Treat AI as your ‘crazy drunk friend,’ not like ‘peanut butter’: CIA tech chief
Treat AI as your ‘crazy drunk friend,’ not like ‘peanut butter’: CIA tech chief

Intelligence analysts need to be especially cautious about artificial intelligence “hallucinations” or other false outputs, said the CIA’s Chief Technology Officer — but AI can also generate genuinely useful insights out of left field.

Palmer Luckey on Anduril’s growth plans, a future IPO and how ChatGPT has impacted AI

Palmer Luckey on Anduril’s growth plans, a future IPO and how ChatGPT has impacted AI
Palmer Luckey on Anduril’s growth plans, a future IPO and how ChatGPT has impacted AI

“I can’t really imagine a world where something like a Joint Strike Fighter program goes to a privately traded company,” Luckey told Breaking Defense. “I can’t imagine that ever happening.”

Pentagon launches ‘Task Force Lima’ to study generative AI for defense

Pentagon launches ‘Task Force Lima’ to study generative AI for defense
Pentagon launches ‘Task Force Lima’ to study generative AI for defense

Led by the Pentagon’s Chief Digital and AI Office, the task force “will assess, synchronize, and employ generative AI capabilities across the DoD, ensuring the Department remains at the forefront of cutting-edge technologies while safeguarding national security,” according to a DoD announcement. 

Kendall: Air Force studying ‘military applications’ for ChatGPT-like artificial intelligence

Kendall: Air Force studying ‘military applications’ for ChatGPT-like artificial intelligence
Kendall: Air Force studying ‘military applications’ for ChatGPT-like artificial intelligence

At the moment, “generative” AI systems have “limited utility” for the US military, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said, but could help with some tasks if applied “in an ethical way.”

Pentagon chief AI officer ‘scared to death’ of potential for AI in disinformation

Pentagon chief AI officer ‘scared to death’ of potential for AI in disinformation
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…”