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DoD Should Embark on “Multi-Billion Dollar” AI Program with Non-Traditional Contractor, Gallagher Says

Frank Wolfe

Monday, December 4th, 2023

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DoD Should Embark on “Multi-Billion Dollar” AI Program with Non-Traditional Contractor, Gallagher Says

Pictured are participants in an Artificial Intelligence panel on Dec. 2 at the Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi Valley, Calif.. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The Pentagon should start a multi-billion dollar artificial intelligence (AI) program with a contractor not among DoD's usual stable, according to a top GOP lawmaker. "I'm concerned that there's an argument right now being made by some in the [Biden] administration that our interests with China overlap when it comes to regulating AI," Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), the chairman of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, said at an AI panel at the Ronald Reagan National Defense…

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