US falls further behind in AI race, could make conflict with China ‘unwinnable’: Report
"It is well past time for DoD to stop treating AI like it is just a science project," Govini CEO Tara Murphy Dougherty said.
By CARLEY WELCH
on June 13, 2024 at 12:01 AM
WASHINGTON — The US is quickly falling behind China in development of artificial intelligence, according to a report released today by data analytics firm Govini, making it nearly impossible for the US to win a war against the PLA if a conflict were to break out between the two global superpowers.
Govini releases annual reports measuring the performance of the federal government, looking at 15 top critical national security technologies through the lens of acquisition, procurement, supply chain, foreign influence and adversarial capital and science and technology.
Per this year’s report, the US is under-investing in practical, valuable AI capabilities while also becoming stagnant in the research and development stage. When looking at AI, machine learning and natural language processing, nine out of the 12 areas studied in the report still had over 65 percent of their funding tied up in R&D in 2023 — making the minority of these vital programs production-ready.
“Despite the fact that artificial intelligence is an incredibly, highly visible, arguably the most transformational technology that matters in the critical tech competition, not just for the United States, but around the world, the Department of Defense is still primarily attacking this as a research and development effort,” Govini CEO Tara Murphy Dougherty said during a briefing Wednesday.
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