Culture remains one of the biggest hurdles to successful implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies at the Defense Department, according to DOD leaders at multiple events this week. Some DOD officials believe people are becoming more comfortable using the term AI, but when it comes to understanding what AI really is, and the practical applications of it, not so much. According to Col. Mike Teter, Chief Data Officer and Deputy Director of Digital Superiority and J6 C4/Cyber Directorate at U.S. Space Command, building cultural trust really comes through educating and training, but it also changes the paradigm and timelines associated with traditional reporting up the chain. When you have the ability to have everyone in the chain from the lowest unit all the way to the president can see the same thing at the same time at scale, then it's really a cultural shift on both sides, Teter said during ATARC's ATARC's Ethical Uses of AI with the Federal Government event. "You're not going to have all the answers right away when you see something in the data," he said.