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JAIC’s Chief Technology Officer To Serve As Acting Director

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, June 4th, 2020

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JAIC’s Chief Technology Officer To Serve As Acting Director

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

The Pentagon’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) has named its chief technology officer (CTO) as its acting director following the retirement of the organization’s first leader later this summer. Nand Mulchandani, a former Silicon Valley executive, officially took over for Air Force Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan on June 1, and will remain in the position until a new three-star general is confirmed for the permanent role. “[Nand] transformed the organization from the moment he showed up,” Shanahan said on Thursday…

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