Microsoft, Google execs say broader AI adoption, top-down push needed in DOD

By Briana Reilly / May 3, 2022 at 6:18 PM
While cyber experts gave credit to some in the Pentagon for their work to leverage artificial intelligence, they said broader adoption and a top-down push is needed to ensure implementation of a military-wide strategy. Such an effort, executives from Microsoft and Google told lawmakers during a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee’s cyber panel today, should focus on deploying AI systems beyond the battlefield while enabling a newly created chief digital and AI officer. “What I worry about, frankly,...

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