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Officials Discuss DOD’s Artificial Intelligence Initiatives

  • War.gov
  • March 12, 2019 | 01:15:26

Peter T. Highnam, deputy director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency; Michael A. Brown, director of the Defense Innovation Unit; and Air Force Lt. Gen John N.T. Shanahan, director of the Defense Department’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, testify on the Defense Department’s artificial intelligence initiatives during a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee’s subcommittee on emerging threats and capabilities in Washington, March 12, 2019.