Pentagon should experiment with AIs like ChatGPT — but don’t trust them yet: DoD’s ex-AI chiefs

Pentagon should experiment with AIs like ChatGPT — but don’t trust them yet: DoD’s ex-AI chiefs
Pentagon should experiment with AIs like ChatGPT — but don’t trust them yet: DoD’s ex-AI chiefs

The potential of “generative AI” is too big to ignore, say retired generals Jack Shanahan and Mike Groen, who each led the Pentagon’s Joint AI Center — but for now, its tendency to “hallucinate” and make up information is “a showstopper.”

China Leads US In 3 Of 6 AI Areas: Bob Work

China Leads US In 3 Of 6 AI Areas: Bob Work
China Leads US In 3 Of 6 AI Areas: Bob Work

The US has a narrow edge in its talent pool, its hardware and its algorithms, but China is ahead in accumulating data, deploying applications, and integrating different functions.

JAIC’s AI Development Platform ‘Up And Running’

JAIC’s AI Development Platform ‘Up And Running’
JAIC’s AI Development Platform ‘Up And Running’

JAIC’s plan to rapidly grow capabilities, which it will do via a series of monthly updates, reflects the current AI competition with adversaries, including China which has said it plans to dominate AI by 2030. “To a Marine, this is dangerous close,” Lt. Gen. Michael Groen says.

Frontline Geek Squads: SOCOM’s Secret Weapon

Frontline Geek Squads: SOCOM’s Secret Weapon
Frontline Geek Squads: SOCOM’s Secret Weapon

Deploying data scientists alongside special ops troops lets them solve intelligence-sharing problems “in minutes or hours,” said Special Operations Command’s first-ever CTO.

AI Can Save Taxpayers Money: JAIC Chief

AI Can Save Taxpayers Money: JAIC Chief
AI Can Save Taxpayers Money: JAIC Chief

Applying AI to everything from predictive maintenance to financial management can save the military billions, the director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center told us – if the Pentagon can reform its cumbersome bureaucracy to exploit rapid advances in technology.

Building JADC2: Data, AI & Warfighter Insight

Building JADC2: Data, AI & Warfighter Insight
Building JADC2: Data, AI & Warfighter Insight

“There’s still a lot of folks who believe that, ‘oh, somebody’s going to bring a big box of AI and set it on my desk,’” Lt. Gen. Mike Groen, director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, says. “This is not some black box. This is about your insight into the battlefield.”

‘A 20th Century Commander Will Not Survive’: Why The Military Needs AI

‘A 20th Century Commander Will Not Survive’: Why The Military Needs AI
‘A 20th Century Commander Will Not Survive’: Why The Military Needs AI

Today’s huge HQs are slow-moving “rocket magnets” that can’t keep up in 21st century combat, the director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center told us in an exclusive interview. To survive and win, Lt. Gen. Mike Groen said, the military must replace cumbersome manual processes with AI.

Uncle Sam Needs AI, ASAP: DoD Artificial Intelligence Chief

Uncle Sam Needs AI, ASAP: DoD Artificial Intelligence Chief
Uncle Sam Needs AI, ASAP: DoD Artificial Intelligence Chief

“To make AI our military’s future, it must become our military’s present,” says Lt. Gen. Michael Groen, director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, in this exclusive op-ed for Breaking Defense.

JAIC To Evangelize AI Across DoD

JAIC To Evangelize AI Across DoD
JAIC To Evangelize AI Across DoD

“Artificial Intelligence… is not a black box that a contractor is going to deliver to you,” Lt. Gen. Michael Groen says. “It’s commander’s business at every level[:] What data drives your decision-making?”

JAIC Chief Asks: Can AI Prevent Another 1914?

JAIC Chief Asks: Can AI Prevent Another 1914?
JAIC Chief Asks: Can AI Prevent Another 1914?

AI will help commanders make sound decisions so much faster, said Lt. Gen. Michael Groen, that waging war without it will work as well as cavalry charging machine guns on the Western Front.

Military AI Is Bigger Than Just The Kill Chain: JAIC Chief

Military AI Is Bigger Than Just The Kill Chain: JAIC Chief
Military AI Is Bigger Than Just The Kill Chain: JAIC Chief

“Being able to take out 10 targets in rapid succession…that’s very exciting. It’s awesome,” said Lt. Gen. Michael Groen. “But it’s not enough.”