{"id":32331,"date":"2024-04-23T14:42:17","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T14:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2024\/04\/23\/army-may-swap-ai-bill-of-materials-for-simpler-baseball-cards\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:44:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:44:00","slug":"army-may-swap-ai-bill-of-materials-for-simpler-baseball-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/artificial-intelligence\/2024\/04\/23\/army-may-swap-ai-bill-of-materials-for-simpler-baseball-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"Army may swap AI bill of materials for simpler \u2018baseball cards\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The U.S. Army is revising its artificial intelligence bill of materials effort following meetings with defense contractors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The service last year floated the idea of an AI BOM<\/a>, which would be similar to existing software bills, or comprehensive lists of components and dependencies that comprise programs and digital goods. Such practices of transparency are championed by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and other organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Army is now pivoting to an \u201cAI summary card,\u201d according to Young Bang, the principal deputy assistant secretary for acquisition, logistics and technology. He likened it to a baseball card with useful information available at a glance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s got certain stats about the algorithm<\/a>, its intended usage and those types of things,\u201d Bang told reporters at a Pentagon briefing April 22. \u201cIt\u2019s not as detailed or necessarily threatening to industry about intellectual property.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Department of Defense is spending billions of dollars on AI, autonomy and machine learning as leaders demand quicker decision-making, longer and more-remote intelligence collection and a reduction of human risk on increasingly high-tech battlefields.<\/p>\n\n\n\t