US military, intelligence agencies ordered to embrace AI
US military, intelligence agencies ordered to embrace AI
Failure to deploy AI 'could put us at risk of a strategic surprise' from China, and others, warn senior US officials
The Pentagon and U.S. intelligence agencies have new marching orders — to more quickly embrace and deploy artificial intelligence as a matter of national security.
U.S. President Joe Biden signed the directive, part of a new national security memorandum, on Thursday. The goal is to make sure the United States remains a leader in AI technology while also aiming to prevent the country from falling victim to AI tools wielded by adversaries like China.
The memo, which calls AI “an era-defining technology,” also lays out guidelines that the White House says are designed to prevent the use of AI to harm civil liberties or human rights.
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If there's one solace, it's that "AI" is so broad a category that the Pentagon can just point at something like computer assisted target acquisition and go "done".