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Defense Department Plans Dedicated AI Development Center Within Six Months

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018

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The Defense Department plans within six months to establish a laboratory dedicated to artificial intelligence, which Deputy Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan said is the key to saving billions of dollars by streamlining the Pentagon’s business and computing systems.Currently under the supervision of Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Michael Griffin, the Pentagon’s pursuit of AI will eventually fall under the direction of Dana Deasy, a former JP Morgan Chase IT official who should become the Defense Department’s chief information…

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