The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden said the U.S. must accelerate adoption of artificial intelligence for military and intelligence uses, directing agencies to quickly deploy the most powerful systems in a safe manner, according to a new national security memorandum.
Announcing the strategy, national security adviser Jake Sullivan said the U.S. must extend its lead on AI while also managing the risks, arguing that the fast-evolving technology could impact everything from nuclear physics to rocketry and stealth — the ability of aircraft and other vehicles to avoid detection.
"We have to be faster in deploying AI in our national security enterprise than America’s rivals,” Sullivan said in a speech to national security leaders at the National War College in Washington on Thursday. U.S. adversaries are in "a persistent quest to leapfrog our military and intelligence capabilities,” he said, while warning they’re unlikely to be bound by the same principles over its use.
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