{"id":32803,"date":"2022-09-15T21:19:47","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T21:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2022\/09\/15\/pentagon-artificial-intelligence-official-says-real-data-to-guide-work\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:42:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:42:03","slug":"pentagon-artificial-intelligence-official-says-real-data-to-guide-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/artificial-intelligence\/2022\/09\/15\/pentagon-artificial-intelligence-official-says-real-data-to-guide-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon artificial intelligence boss says real data to guide work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 After more than 100 days on the job, the U.S. Department of Defense\u2019s top artificial intelligence official said Thursday that the office\u2019s strategy will take a down-up approach and start with data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s true that most of my career has been in AI, but I don\u2019t think most of my work here at DoD will be about AI,\u201d Craig Martell, the Pentagon\u2019s first Chief Digital and AI Officer, said at the 2022 Intelligence &amp; National Security Summit in National Harbor, Maryland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon tapped Martell, a former head of machine learning at Lyft, to oversee its AI efforts this spring. The office subsumed multiple other defense digital authorities, including the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center and the Defense Digital Services, and reached full operational capability on June 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While much of the talk about the CDAO has focused on its role as the Pentagon\u2019s leading AI authority, Martell said more attention and energy needs to be paid to data, which he said serves as the basis of the office\u2019s \u201chierarchy of needs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In order to address the challenge of AI, the Pentagon needs to focus less on top-down AI decrees, he said, adding that while data decrees are still necessary, top-down AI restrictions hinder progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1370\" height=\"880\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-07-at-10.02.21-AM.png.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-07-at-10.02.21-AM.png.png 1370w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-07-at-10.02.21-AM.png.png?resize=300,193 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-07-at-10.02.21-AM.png.png?resize=768,493 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-07-at-10.02.21-AM.png.png?resize=1024,658 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1370px) 100vw, 1370px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer Craig Martell speaks at a Department of Defense virtual conference June 7, 2022. (Screenshot\/Provided\/DoD)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By focusing more on controlling data, the Pentagon can build a support structure that allows for heterogeneity among the different actors and companies working on AI projects, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt shouldn\u2019t be centralized,\u201d he said. \u201cIf we centralize it, we\u2019re losing what I think is the biggest strength of the American industrial academic base.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After building out data, Martell said the CDAO should focus on metrics, noting that outcome-based measurement, and not just effort-based measures, ought to be the standard. 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