The omnibus appropriations law increases funding for the Pentagon's marquee artificial intelligence program by $100 million in fiscal year 2018. The FY-18 appropriations bill funds the Pentagon's Algorithmic Warfare Cross-Functional Team, otherwise known as Project Maven, to the tune of $131 million after the Defense Department sought just $31 million for the program in its budget request. The project is funded with research and development dollars under "general support" to the under secretary of defense for intelligence. The spending agreement...
