On October 30, 2023, the Administration released Executive Order (EO) 14110 on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). For several reasons this EO lays a light hand on the Department of Defense (DoD). The DoD had and was already implementing “responsible AI” safeguards for defense programs. A public debate over AI for some time has been in progress among political and IT capital goods elites over a rising concern that uncontrolled commercial and government use of AI is spreading too rapidly into all private and consequential aspects of citizens’ lives but these are areas in which DoD generally plays a limited role. However, adversaries and vendors also get a vote in the future of trust with AI and DoD.
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