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WASHINGTON \u2014 The Pentagon\u2019s new chief digital and artificial intelligence officer said the gravity of the situation and the need to get things right motivated him to leave ride-hailing company Lyft Inc. for government work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not for the joys of the job, because it\u2019s going to be arduous,\u201d CDAO Craig Martell said June 7 at a virtual conference hosted by the Department of Defense<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m doing it because of the mission.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Martell was named the chief in late April, about two months after the digital and AI office reached initial operations. He succeeds John Sherman, who took on the role in an acting capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CDAO is considered an expeditor of all things AI and data analytics<\/a> at the Pentagon, subsuming offices including the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center to better coordinate and collaborate. The stakes are high as rival nations including Russia and China invest in military AI. The Defense Department itself is tackling hundreds of AI projects and considers the technology revolutionary for both security and business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are not a lot of folks who have the intersection of AI and a government background,\u201d Martell said Tuesday. \u201cSo when the deputy secretary of defense calls you up and says, \u2018We would like you to take this job,\u2019 you have to think really hard about why you wouldn\u2019t take the job, and not the other way around. And I think getting this mission right is extremely important.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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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

At Lyft, Martell was a head of LyftML, the company\u2019s machine-learning division, for just over two years<\/a>. He also worked at Dropbox and LinkedIn and was a tenured computer science professor at the Naval Postgraduate School. Unlike other CDAO leaders, he has no previous Pentagon experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks this year praised Martell for his \u201ccutting-edge industry experience,\u201d which she said would help solve the Pentagon\u2019s unique problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CDAO achieved full operations<\/a> on schedule June 1. The office reports directly to Hicks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are increasing our competitive advantage by bringing these different groups together,\u201d Margaret Palmieri, the deputy CDAO, said at the conference. \u201cAll the right levers of change and influence are coming into play in the CDAO.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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