Pentagon seeks to accelerate artificial intelligence developments under new strategy

By Justin Doubleday / February 12, 2019 at 2:54 PM
The Pentagon plans to work with a range of commercial companies to rapidly develop artificial intelligence capabilities "responsibly and ethically," according to a new Defense Department strategy. AI is set to change the "character of the future battlefield" and will impact "every corner" of the department, according to a summary of the 2018 DOD AI strategy released today. The Pentagon's roll-out follows a White House executive order on artificial intelligence released yesterday. "With the application of AI to defense, we...

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