The director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan, listens during a round table meeting at the Pentagon on Feb. 12, 2019. (DOD / U.S. Army Sgt. Amber I. Smith) Google’s departure from Project Maven was a ‘little bit of a canary in a coal mine’ Leaders of the artificial intelligence project failed to be transparent upfront and did not control the narrative, says Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan. Nov 5, 2019 By Billy Mitchell