The Pentagon's guidelines for "responsible AI" aren't always followed, report shows - Oregon Public Broadcasting

The Pentagon is building weapons and projects with artificial intelligence capabilities that officials say don’t always closely adhere to the agency’s own guidelines for AI, according to a congressional watchdog report published in October.

But Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has repeatedly dismissed previous caution of AI tools and encouraged rapid autonomous innovation at the Pentagon.

Four officials told the GAO that requirements for the weapons and projects they were working on weren’t “aligned with Responsible AI tenets.”

But the group that helps manage education on the Pentagon’s guidelines, the Department of the Responsible AI Division, is understaffed.

“That’s a very small number of folks tasked with a large responsibility of responsible AI throughout the department,” said Czyz.