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With New Hires, Pentagon’s AI Office Reaches Full Operating Capability

Next Gov

By Frank Konkel,
Executive Editor, Nextgov

June 2, 2022

Stood up earlier this year, the Defense Department’s Office of the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer, or CDAO, reached full operating capability Wednesday with the appointment of two new personnel.

Joe Larson will serve as deputy Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office, Algorithmic Warfare and will serve as the chief of CDAO’s Responsible Artificial Intelligence division. Larson previously led algorithmic warfare efforts under the Pentagon’s Project Maven. In addition, Diane Staheli, who worked on AI ethics and data analytics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Lincoln Laboratory, has been tapped to lead CDAO’s Responsible Artificial Intelligence division. 

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