DOD Releases 2023 AI Adoption Strategy

"The new document aims to provide a foundation from which the DOD can continue to leverage emerging AI capabilities well into the future".

Department of Defense: The Defense Department today released its strategy to accelerate the adoption of advanced artificial intelligence capabilities to ensure U.S. warfighters maintain decision superiority on the battlefield for years to come.

The Pentagon's 2023 Data, Analytics, and Artificial Intelligence Adoption Strategy builds upon years of DOD leadership in the development of AI and further solidifies the United States' competitive advantage in fielding the emerging technology, defense officials said.

"As we focused on integrating AI into our operations responsibly and at speed, our main reason for doing so has been straightforward: because it improves our decision advantage," Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks said while unveiling the strategy at the Pentagon.

"From the standpoint of deterring and defending against aggression, AI-enabled systems can help accelerate the speed of commanders' decisions and improve the quality and accuracy of those decisions, which can be decisive in deterring a fight and winning in a fight," she said.

The latest blueprint, which was developed by the Chief Digital and AI  Office, builds upon and supersedes the 2018 DOD AI Strategy and revised DOD Data Strategy, published in 2020, which have laid the groundwork for the department's approach to fielding AI-enabled capabilities.

The new document aims to provide a foundation from which the DOD can continue to leverage emerging AI capabilities well into the future.

"Technologies evolve. Things are going to change next week, next year, next decade. And what wins today might not win tomorrow," said DOD  Chief Digital and AI Officer Craig Martell.

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