Pentagon adopts ethical principles for artificial intelligence - FedScoop

The Department of Defense has officially adopted principles for the ethical use of artificial intelligence with a focus on ensuring the military can retain full control and understanding over how machines make decisions, it announced Monday. The final principles are largely unchanged from the Defense Innovation Board's recommendations submitted to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper in October. The DOD made some tweaks to meet the department's legal standards and changed a few "shoulds" to "wills," Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan, the director of the Joint AI Center, said at a press conference Monday. "We believe the nation that successfully implements AI principles will lead in AI for many years," Shanahan said. Adopting AI has been one of Esper's top technological priorities since before his confirmation.