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.”

Lyft exec Craig Martell tapped as Pentagon’s AI chief: Exclusive Interview

Lyft exec Craig Martell tapped as Pentagon’s AI chief: Exclusive Interview
Lyft exec Craig Martell tapped as Pentagon’s AI chief: Exclusive Interview

“I’m convinced we’re going to be able to do some great things,” Craig Martel told Breaking Defense in an exclusive interview. “But they’re going to be hard things. It’s going to be a challenge.”

Pentagon’s new data and AI office hits IOC milestone, gets $500M budget

Pentagon’s new data and AI office hits IOC milestone, gets $500M budget
Pentagon’s new data and AI office hits IOC milestone, gets $500M budget

The office of the chief digital and artificial intelligence will be responsible for scaling up data, analytics and AI to enable faster and better decision-making “from campaigning to conflict.”

Pentagon creates new overseer for innovation: chief digital and artificial intelligence officer

Pentagon creates new overseer for innovation: chief digital and artificial intelligence officer
Pentagon creates new overseer for innovation: chief digital and artificial intelligence officer

The Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, Defense Digital Service and Chief Data Officer will now report a new Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence officer

EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon weighing reorganization of AI, data offices

EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon weighing reorganization of AI, data offices
EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon weighing reorganization of AI, data offices

The Defense Digital Service (DDS), the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) and the office of the Chief Data Officer (CDO) would all report up to a new individual, tentatively named the Chief Data & AI Officer.

JADC2 Implementation Plan ‘Weeks Away’: J6’s Parker

JADC2 Implementation Plan ‘Weeks Away’: J6’s Parker
JADC2 Implementation Plan ‘Weeks Away’: J6’s Parker

“Joint always seems fun until we get into decisions about who governs this,” joked Army CIO Raj Iyer.

Beyond ABMS: Air Force Pushes Experimental Tech For AI, IT, Data

Beyond ABMS: Air Force Pushes Experimental Tech For AI, IT, Data
Beyond ABMS: Air Force Pushes Experimental Tech For AI, IT, Data

The expanded experimentation campaign is also building new “business approaches” — some of which will require Pentagon-level blessing — to speed software-based capabilities to the field, DAF Chief Architect Preston Dunlap said.

Joint ‘Strategic Directives’ Set Requirements For All Domain Ops

Joint ‘Strategic Directives’ Set Requirements For All Domain Ops
Joint ‘Strategic Directives’ Set Requirements For All Domain Ops

The Joint Warfighting Concept “is an excellent concept, but the concept is just that — it’s a concept. That concept is going to drive experimentation, it’s going to drive future capabilities and future doctrine, but right now it’s just the concept and we’re still learning with it,” VCJCS Gen. John Hyten says.

Hicks Will Send AI/Data Experts To Combatant Commanders

Hicks Will Send AI/Data Experts To Combatant Commanders
Hicks Will Send AI/Data Experts To Combatant Commanders

Two types of expert teams will help the 11 Combatant Commands make better use of data for decision-making, the deputy Defense Secretary said.

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All-Domain Operations Shape The Joint Battlespace For Decision Dominance

All-Domain Operations Shape The Joint Battlespace For Decision Dominance
All-Domain Operations Shape The Joint Battlespace For Decision Dominance

The Defense Department is shaping the joint all-domain environment by tying sensors to shooters in exercises like Northern Edge 21 and Project Convergence.

JAIC Automates DoD’s Back Office: ‘From 20 Minutes To Seconds’

JAIC Automates DoD’s Back Office: ‘From 20 Minutes To Seconds’
JAIC Automates DoD’s Back Office: ‘From 20 Minutes To Seconds’

“We’re only as fast as our slowest process,” said JAIC’s Lane, who is applying AI, machine learning, automation, and other tech to boost DoD’s efficiency.

Army Builds AI Development Toolkit For All Domain Ops

Army Builds AI Development Toolkit For All Domain Ops
Army Builds AI Development Toolkit For All Domain Ops

This month, the Army’s Artificial Intelligence Task Force is testing a new “common platform” for AI development.

DoD Enjoins Congress For Flexibility To Buy JADC2 Tech Fast

DoD Enjoins Congress For Flexibility To Buy JADC2 Tech Fast
DoD Enjoins Congress For Flexibility To Buy JADC2 Tech Fast

Combatant commanders, have been clamoring for real-world access fast to new software tools.

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.