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Long road ahead for the federal zero trust journey; Microchips at the center of the global AI race

Former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense Bob Work; Scoop News Group SVP of Content Strategy Wyatt Kash.

Jul 12, 2022 By FedScoop Staff

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Former DepSecDef on digital and AI efforts at the Pentagon; DHS bug bounty; Accelerating modernization across government

Former Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work, former DOD CIO Terry Halvorsen and former DHS Acting Undersecretary for Management Chris Cummiskey.

May 3, 2022 By FedScoop Staff

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The Daily Scoop Podcast: October 25, 2021

On the latest episode of The Daily Scoop Podcast, former Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work, former NASA CHCO and Strategic Advisor at The Bolden Group Jeri…

Oct 25, 2021 By FedScoop Staff

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The Daily Scoop Podcast: October 22, 2021

On the latest episode of The Daily Scoop Podcast, former Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work, Greg Grant, senior fellow at CNAS, Greg Sisson, CISO at DOE…

Oct 22, 2021 By FedScoop Staff

Lt. Gen. Michael Groen, Joint Artificial Intelligence Center director, conducts a press briefing about the DOD’s efforts to adopt and scale artificial intelligence capabilities, from the Pentagon, Washington D.C., Nov. 24, 2020. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jack Sanders)

Six months into JAIC 2.0, DOD still needs to move faster on AI

The Joint AI Center's transformation into 'JAIC 2.0' has brought added speed to AI adoption, but not enough, its director said.

Apr 12, 2021 By Jackson Barnett

In final report, commission makes plea for DOD to field AI fast

The commission's more than 700-page report contains one message above all: The government need to field AI, and it needs to field it fast.

Mar 8, 2021 By Jackson Barnett

Eric Schmidt, Defense Innovation Board (DIB) — Chairman Eric Schmidt speaks May 3, 2019, at a Defense Innovation Board event at the Pentagon. (DOD / Army Sgt. Amber I. Smith)

AI commission tells DOD to get AI infrastructure ready by 2025, or else

In a draft of its final report to Congress, the National Security Commission on AI continues to hammer home the importance of laying a foundation of AI…

Jan 28, 2021 By Jackson Barnett

Bob Work delivers remarks to members of the Royal United Services Institute for Defense and Security Studies in 2015. (DoD Photo by Glenn Fawcett/Released)

JAIC needs enhanced authorities to coordinate DOD AI efforts, Bob Work says

Bob Work, former deputy secretary of defense and all-around AI champion, thinks the DOD needs to shake things up to get the technology right.

Sep 3, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

National Security Commission on AI needs to be more transparent, court rules

The National Security Commision on AI needs to let the public know more about it's work, a court recently ruled.

Jul 7, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work delivering remarks to newly promoted brigadier generals and rear admirals serving in the United States military as part of the CAPSTONE course at the National Defense University, Fort McNair, Washington, DC on August 12, 2014. (DoD photo by Casper Manlangit)

Federal R&D spending on AI should be doubled, then doubled again, commission says

The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence calls for an immediate doubling of funding for non-defense R&D around AI starting next fiscal year, and then again in…

Apr 1, 2020 By Billy Mitchell