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DoD’s Acting AI Director Details Refined Business Model, Priorities For ‘JAIC 2.0’

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, July 8th, 2020

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DoD’s Acting AI Director Details Refined Business Model, Priorities For ‘JAIC 2.0’

Nand Mulchandani, acting director of the Pentagon's Joint Artificial Intelligence Center

The Pentagon’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JIAC) is working on a refined business model as it enters a new phase focused on delivering tools across the Pentagon and placing joint warfighting operations as its top priority, the organization’s new leader said Wednesday. Acting Director Nand Mulchandani detailed the vision for ‘JAIC 2.0’ during a press briefing, which looks to leverage lessons learned from initial lower-risk projects and applied to new projects ranging from battlefield AI to cyber operations tools. “When…

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