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

The Pentagon is building weapons and projects with AI 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.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1127x1192+0+0/resize/1127x1192!/quality/85/format/webp/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fce%2F35%2F5c968cba4fdfa34765d346214ab1%2Fgao-ai.jpg' alt='Three of the Pentagon projects surveyed by GAO included weapons for counter-camouflage (upper image) and target recognition (lower images).'/><p>The Pentagon is building weapons and projects with AI 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.</p><p>(Image credit: Government Accountability Office)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-6012296' />