There’s ‘still more work to be done’ for DOD on AI

Published on May 8, 2024

U.S. Air Force Basic Military Training graduates participate in their graduation ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 16, 2023.

The Pentagon has started to use the technology, but challenges lie ahead.

Using AI to sift recruits’ medical records shows how the Pentagon is putting the technology to use—but there’s room to improve, Gen. C.Q. Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Tuesday. 

“I think we're better off than we were last year. I think last year it felt like we put AI on PowerPoint slides as if it was going to solve our problems. I felt the same way probably about 15 years ago with cyber. And now that we have a better understanding, I do see some use,” Brown said during a keynote at an AI and national security conference hosted by the Special Competitive Studies Project in Washington, D.C.

Take, for example, Military Entrance Processing Command. 

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