DOD's Chief AI Officer Launches Rapid Capability Cell, Frontier AI Pilots to Accelerate Adoption of Cutting Edge Tech
The Pentagon's Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office today launched a new rapid fielding effort to spearhead a series of new initiatives aimed at accelerating the adoption of advanced artificial intelligence capabilities across the Defense Department.
The CDAO's Artificial Intelligence Rapid Capabilities Cell, or AI RCC, will partner with the Defense Innovation Unit to execute four initial Frontier AI pilots that will apply generative AI models to both warfighting and enterprise management use cases.
The pilot initiatives are part of the AI RCC's broader efforts to capitalize on emerging technologies and put advanced AI capabilities in the hands of warfighters and key DOD enablers.
The department's Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer, Dr. Radha Plumb, who also holds a doctorate. in economics, underscored the imperative for the DOD to seize AI as she announced the launch of the new initiatives today.