Esto revela la importancia asignada a la Inteligencia Artificial (IA), y actualmente depende del jefe de informaci\u00f3n del Pent\u00e1gono. En notas anteriores se viene destacando el rol de la IA en los sistemas de comando y control, particularmente asociados a redes de sensores. La versi\u00f3n del proyecto, publicada el 21 de junio, delegar\u00eda la autoridad sobre el Centro Conjunto de Inteligencia Artificial al subsecretario de defensa. Tambi\u00e9n indicar\u00eda al secretario de defensa que establezca una junta directiva para el centro.<\/p>\n
A House subcommittee\u2019s draft of the annual defense policy bill would elevate the the Pentagon\u2019s artificial intelligence hub to report to the deputy secretary of defense.<\/p>\n
The House Armed Services Committee\u2019s Subcommittee on Intelligence and Emerging Threats and Capabilities\u2019 version of the National Defense Authorization Act, released June 21, would delegate authority over the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center to the deputy secretary of defense. It would also direct the defense secretary to establish a board of directors for the center.<\/p>\n
The JAIC, charged with accelerating AI adoption across the Department of Defense, currently resides under the Pentagon\u2019s chief information officer. Under the draft subcommittee language, which was reported to the full committee for consideration on June 22, the deputy secretary could then delegate authority to the DoD CIO. The elevation to the deputy secretary level would \u201censure data access and visibility for the JAIC,\u201d according to the bill\u2019s summary.<\/p>\n
The text is a partial embrace of a recommendation made by the National Security Commission of Artificial Intelligence,which was mandated by the fiscal 2019 NDAA. The commission had recommended the JAIC\u2019s reporting authority be elevated to the defense secretary but delegated down to the deputy secretary level. It also argued that the JAIC be elevated out of the DoD CIO shop so the center would be primarily responsible for artificial intelligence, and so that the CIO\u2019s office can focus on enterprisewide digital transformation projects.<\/p>\n
The new board of directors for the JAIC would be filled by six senior defense officials and up to five outside experts from academia or private industry, appointed by the defense secretary. The board would advise the secretary on AI issues and provide \u201cstrategic guidance\u201d to the director of the JAIC, as well as study workforce and acquisition challenges.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe objective would be to have a standing body over the JAIC that can bring governmental and non-governmental experts together for the purpose of assisting the Department of Defense in correctly integrating and operationalizing artificial intelligence technologies,\u201d the subcommittee summary read.<\/p>\n
The JAIC was stood up two years ago as the department sought a dedicated component to work on artificial intelligence capabilities. Its first director, then-Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan, recently retired, and it currently awaits a new director. This year, the JAIC is working on its first lethality project<\/a>.<\/p>\n The structural reforms in the bill demonstrate \u201chow important this technology is and how urgently it must be integrated into not only our weapons systems, but our healthcare systems, our predictive maintenance efforts, our humanitarian assistance missions, and our cybersecurity,\u201d Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., ranking member of the House subcommittee, said in a statement. \u201cOur ability to apply AI and other emerging technologies faster than our adversaries will allow us to maintain our competitive edge over Russia and China.\u201d<\/p>\n