DOD CDAO’s Dr. Matthew Johnson on ‘Exciting’ Global AI Developments

Published on March 25, 2024



Recent momentum in artificial intelligence could be seen as a largely American enterprise, led by domestic companies such as OpenAI and federal government initiatives from the likes of the Department of Defense’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office — not to mention multiple presidential executive orders on the matter. However, U.S. government officials have stressed that this is not the case.

“It is a really exciting time for responsible AI in the international space,” said Dr. Matthew Johnson, acting chief of responsible AI at the CDAO. Dr. Johnson addressed a crowd of government contractors on a panel at the Potomac Officers Club’s 5th Annual AI Summit on Thursday.

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