A To-Do List for the Pentagon’s New AI Chief (Brian Drake, Defense One)

December 15, 2021

It looks like the beginning of the end for the Defense Department’s Defense Digital Service, Chief Data Officer, and the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center.

Deputy Secretary Kathleen Hicks’ office announced on Dec. 8 that all three organizations will be collapsed under a new position called the Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer. The CDAO will report directly to DepSec Hicks.

So what does this mean for the world’s largest military?

A To-Do List for the Pentagon’s New AI Chief – Defense One

Marco Emanuele

Marco Emanuele è appassionato di cultura della complessità, cultura della tecnologia e relazioni internazionali. Approfondisce il pensiero di Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. Marco ha insegnato Evoluzione della Democrazia e Totalitarismi, è l’editor di The Global Eye e scrive per The Science of Where Magazine. Marco Emanuele is passionate about complexity culture, technology culture and international relations. He delves into the thought of Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. He has taught Evolution of Democracy and Totalitarianisms. Marco is editor of The Global Eye and writes for The Science of Where Magazine.

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