Defense industry group urges substantial AI investment for government uses

A major defense industry group says the U.S. government should make extensive use of artificial intelligence tools to improve its own operations, create a repository of high-quality data for developers, and find and eliminate barriers to AI adoption, among its recommendations for the upcoming White House AI action plan.

“The opportunities for applying AI technologies are effectively limitless, and the government should prioritize making AI technologies easier to procure and deploy across all government missions, including the acquisition of commercial...