{"id":31522,"date":"2023-01-27T19:25:15","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T19:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2023\/01\/27\/generative-ai-like-viral-chatgpt-lands-on-disa-technology-watch-list\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:33:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:33:16","slug":"generative-ai-like-viral-chatgpt-lands-on-disa-technology-watch-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/artificial-intelligence\/2023\/01\/27\/generative-ai-like-viral-chatgpt-lands-on-disa-technology-watch-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Generative AI like viral ChatGPT lands on DISA technology watch list"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 ChatGPT, a bot launched by OpenAI in November that produces human-like conversations and content, including surreal art and computer code, has caught the eye of U.S. defense officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the tech that underpins the viral bot, generative artificial intelligence, was recently added to a Defense Information Systems Agency<\/a> watch list, according to Chief Technology Officer Stephen Wallace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve heard a lot about AI over the years, and there\u2019s a number of places where it\u2019s already in play,\u201d he said Jan. 25 at an event hosted by a chapter of AFCEA, a communications-and-electronics interest group, at the Army-Navy Country Club in Arlington, Virginia. \u201cBut this sort, the ability to generate content, is a pretty interesting capability.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The watch list, regularly refreshed, has in the past featured topics that later became pillars of defense connectivity and security, such as 5G, zero-trust digital defense<\/a>, quantum-resistant cryptography, edge computing and telepresence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re starting to look at: How does [generative AI] actually change DISA\u2019s mission in the department and what we provide for the department going forward,\u201d Wallace said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ChatGPT, applauded by some for its potential to augment worker productivity and spurned by others over questions of bias and ethics, surpassed 1 million registered users within a week of its launch. The easily accessible platform has shown \u201ca huge swath of the population\u201d the power and pitfalls of AI, according to Bill Drexel, an associate fellow of technology and national security at the Center for a New American Security<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\t