Pentagon developing ‘Responsible AI’ guides for defense, intelligence, interagency — even allies

Pentagon developing ‘Responsible AI’ guides for defense, intelligence, interagency — even allies
Pentagon developing ‘Responsible AI’ guides for defense, intelligence, interagency — even allies

The Responsible Artificial Intelligence Toolkit — essentially an interactive online checklist on how to safely, ethically, and legally develop AI — will also be updated to incorporate last week’s National Security Memorandum from President Biden.

Show me the data: DISA leaders outline do’s and don’ts on industry AI pitches

Show me the data: DISA leaders outline do’s and don’ts on industry AI pitches
Show me the data: DISA leaders outline do’s and don’ts on industry AI pitches

“Don’t do [AI] just to say that you have it,” said DISA CTO Steve Wallace. “We’ve seen a lot of vendors who claim to have it, and when you peel back the onion, there’s not a whole lot of depth.”

Department of the Air Force appoints Susan Davenport as new chief data and AI officer

Department of the Air Force appoints Susan Davenport as new chief data and AI officer
Department of the Air Force appoints Susan Davenport as new chief data and AI officer

Davenport will serve as the fourth CDAO of the Department of the Air Force.

Trust but verif-AI: Army will let genAI draft acquisition documents, with guardrails

Trust but verif-AI: Army will let genAI draft acquisition documents, with guardrails
Trust but verif-AI: Army will let genAI draft acquisition documents, with guardrails

A user can’t just say “write me a Request For Proposals” and get the AI to blurt out a draft, explained Ask Sage founder Nic Chaillan. Instead, the software will guide them through the process step by step – and use multiple AI models to check each others’ work.

Deepfakes deepfail: Russian propagandists turn away from generative AI

Deepfakes deepfail: Russian propagandists turn away from generative AI
Deepfakes deepfail: Russian propagandists turn away from generative AI

With  Large Language Models, “you can make more of everything — misinformation, disinformation — but it doesn’t mean it’ll be very good,” said Clint Watts, general manager of the Microsoft Threat Analysis Center.

‘AI gold mine’: NGA aims to exploit archive of satellite images, expert analysis

‘AI gold mine’: NGA aims to exploit archive of satellite images, expert analysis
‘AI gold mine’: NGA aims to exploit archive of satellite images, expert analysis

“We’re sitting on two big sets of data,” said NGA’s Mark Munsell, referring to an unequalled archive of satellite imagery and all the intelligence analysts’ reports on that imagery – and they’re cross-referenced so an AI can correlate them easily.

Break and counter: Army’s 500-day artificial intelligence plan to include new testing, defense

Break and counter: Army’s 500-day artificial intelligence plan to include new testing, defense
Break and counter: Army’s 500-day artificial intelligence plan to include new testing, defense

The service previously announced another initiative, dubbed #DefendAI, all of which are shaping its year-long dive into the cutting-edge tech.

NATO updates AI strategy for the age of ChatGPT

NATO updates AI strategy for the age of ChatGPT
NATO updates AI strategy for the age of ChatGPT

While generative AI can churn out dangerous disinformation, the revised AI strategy warns, it has so much potential upside that “It is vital for NATO to use these technologies … as soon as possible.”

Army teases pilot generative AI program to start in July

Army teases pilot generative AI program to start in July
Army teases pilot generative AI program to start in July

One of the hopeful uses of the new LLM is for the government to create contracts at a quicker rate.

Department of the Air Force announces new generative AI program: NIPRGPT

Department of the Air Force announces new generative AI program: NIPRGPT
Department of the Air Force announces new generative AI program: NIPRGPT

NIPRGPT will help airmen and guardians with correspondence, research and coding tasks all while being connected to a secure online environment, according to an announcement.

How cybersecurity for multi-domain operations needs to evolve

How cybersecurity for multi-domain operations needs to evolve
How cybersecurity for multi-domain operations needs to evolve

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How to tame your chatbot: secure containers, data diets, & more

How to tame your chatbot: secure containers, data diets, & more
How to tame your chatbot: secure containers, data diets, & more

The Defense Department wants to explore Large Language Models for everything from paperwork to war plans – without being misled by hallucinations or having sensitive information sucked up by commercial LLMs hungry for training data.

‘Poisoned’ data could wreck AIs in wartime, warns Army software acquisition chief

‘Poisoned’ data could wreck AIs in wartime, warns Army software acquisition chief
‘Poisoned’ data could wreck AIs in wartime, warns Army software acquisition chief

“Any commercial LLM that is out there, that is learning from the internet, is poisoned today,” Jennifer Swanson said, “but our main concern [is] those algorithms that are going to be informing battlefield decisions.”

Pentagon tested generative AI to draft supply plans in latest GIDE 9 wargame

Pentagon tested generative AI to draft supply plans in latest GIDE 9 wargame
Pentagon tested generative AI to draft supply plans in latest GIDE 9 wargame

“For certain use cases, it’s proving to have a lot of value,” said Col. Matt “Nomad” Strohmeyer. “It’s not this panacea, but it’s also not this Pandora’s box of evil. It’s somewhere in between.”