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DHS Releases S&T Strategic Plan For Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, July 30th, 2021

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DHS Releases S&T Strategic Plan For Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning

Kathryn Coulter Mitchell, acting under secretary for science and technology at DHS. Photo: DHS

The Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology (S&T) directorate last Friday introduced its first strategic plan to help guide investments in artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) to meet the needs of the department. The plan “lays out an actionable path for S&T to advise and assist” DHS in obtaining “the game-changing promise of AI/ML technologies while mitigating the inherent risks,” Kathryn Coulter Mitchell, the acting under secretary for S&T, says in the introduction to the 24-page S&T Artificial…

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