Transformational process seeks to harness AI across the DoD
The process is led by the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center and is focused on integration and implementation of AI throughout the DoD, its associated agencies and the US armed forces.
The US DoD is running a transformation programme to enhance the use of AI across all its agencies. Called JAIC 2.0, the process has been led by the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC).
AI can better enable the execution of military operations and augment core military capabilities, Lt Gen Michael Groen, JAIC Director, argued during the ‘Enabling the 21st Century Operator' webinar on 6 November.
During the event, which was organised by the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), Groen explained that that the ongoing evolution of the AI can impact military operations in unknown ways, so the US must act
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