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Pentagon Releases First AI Strategy, Pushing For Near-Term Technology Adoption

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, February 12th, 2019

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Pentagon Releases First AI Strategy, Pushing For Near-Term Technology Adoption

The Pentagon on Tuesday released its first artificial intelligence strategy that pushes the services to adopt capabilities in the near-term and scale up tools to specific projects with the assistance of its new joint AI center. The new strategy focuses on bolstering AI technology development to stay ahead of peer competitors, such as China and Russia, and utilizing the new Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) to get after immediate AI projects. “AI is poised to change the character of the…

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