Friday, April 19, 2024
Friday, April 19, 2024
This Monday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on artificial intelligence, the Navy's sealift fleet and more.
A new report on artificial intelligence was released today:
AI commission's initial assessment finds U.S. role as leading innovator 'threatened'
The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence delivered it initial assessment to Congress today, with the panel warning of "profound ramifications" for how the United States adopts AI and competes with China in the emerging technology field.
Document: NSCAI interim report on artificial intelligence
Plus, here's a related story and document from last week, in case you missed it:
Defense Innovation Board recommends five 'principles' for Pentagon's use of AI
The Defense Innovation Board is recommending the Pentagon commit to developing and using artificial intelligence systems in a responsible, equitable, traceable, reliable and governable manner.
Document: Defense Innovation Board's 'AI principles'
A new Congressional Budget Office report outlines the costs of recapitalizing the Navy's sealift fleet, a group of ships used to transport Army and Marine Corps ground supplies during wartime:
CBO: Navy overestimated cost of new sealift vessel by half
The Navy overestimated the cost of a potential new sealift vessel by more than $500 million, according to a new Congressional Budget Office report.
Document: CBO report on 'alternatives for modernizing the Navy's sealift force'
We also have some recent missile defense news:
House investigating RKV termination, challenging Griffin's 'convenience' call
House lawmakers are launching an investigation into the August decision to terminate the Redesigned Kill Vehicle, directing the Defense Department to provide key documents associated with the ballistic missile defense warhead project as well as outline options for clawing back from contractors some of the $1.2 billion invested in it between 2015 and 2019.
GMD modernization fuels FY-21 budget deliberations over new interceptor design
The plan for a technologically ambitious Next Generation Interceptor -- a potential decade-long project to develop a new long-range, guided missile to protect the nation against anticipated North Korean and Iranian ballistic missile threats beginning in 2030 -- is fueling a debate about the shape of the program late in the fiscal year 2021 budget endgame.