Inspector General criticizes documentation on Pentagon's artificial intelligence project

The Pentagon did not adequately document work on its flagship artificial intelligence effort according to a government watchdog report, increasing the risks of lapses in the future. The Department of Defense's inspector general evaluated whether the government monitored contacts in accordance with federal laws and policy for Project Maven, which aimed to accelerate the integration of big data and machine learning. It is frequently held up as the poster child for how DoD is using AI. Army Contracting Command and the Army Research Laboratory partnered with the Pentagon's Algorithmic Warfare Cross-Functional Team to support AI development and award four contracts and a cooperative agreement for Project Maven. ECS Federal scored three of the contracts, with Morse Corporation securing the fourth and Carnegie Mellon University receiving a cooperative agreement.