DoD Has Embraced AI. Now What?
By Bob Ashley
October 09, 2024
U.S. Army
From deploying AI at the tactical edge, to solving hallucinations, to faster acquisition, key questions remain if we are to fully leverage AI for national security.
From deploying AI at the tactical edge, to solving hallucinations, to faster acquisition, key questions remain if we are to fully leverage AI for national security.
The U.S. Defense Department is starting to get its reps in with AI.
In November last year, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks released the department’s AI Adoption Strategy. Eight months later, as part of its modernization efforts, the Air Force launched NIPRGPT, “an experimental bridge to leverage GenAI on the Non-classified Internet Protocol Router Network.” Currently, Army’s Vantage program is “joining and enriching millions of data points” into AI/ML to “accelerate decisions on everything from personnel readiness to financial return on investment.”
Thus far, the military’s embrace of this formidable new technology has been, for all its complexity and challenges, both measured and maturing. Safety has been a top focus, as Deputy Secretary Hicks underscored when releasing the strategy: “Safety is critical because unsafe systems are ineffective systems.”
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