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Cyber

DARPA Releasing New Project Opportunities For ‘Third Wave’ AI Research

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, September 23rd, 2019

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DARPA Releasing New Project Opportunities For ‘Third Wave’ AI Research

DARPA Director Steven Walker

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking for small business partners and universities to assist with projects to advance the ‘third wave’ of artificial intelligence focused around partnering human user and machine learning systems, the agency’s director said Monday Steven Walker, director of DARPA, told attendees at a Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) event the agency will continue releasing monthly project topics to award research funds for AI concept development work. “You can submit a proposal and…

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