Top officials within the Pentagon's newly stood up artificial intelligence outfit want to see the capability discussed not just as a technology but as a "solution to a mission problem" -- a framing they hope would allow experts to be part of early development talks and ensure late-stage requests to "sprinkle some AI on" a given program are minimized. By approaching AI development through that lens, said Margaret Palmieri, the deputy chief digital and AI officer, the Defense Department then...
