{"id":50907,"date":"2020-06-04T14:50:06","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T14:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/06\/04\/interim-director-takes-over-joint-artificial-intelligence-center\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:43:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:43:24","slug":"interim-director-takes-over-joint-artificial-intelligence-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2020\/06\/04\/interim-director-takes-over-joint-artificial-intelligence-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Interim director takes over Joint Artificial Intelligence Center"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As he departs, the Defense Department\u2019s top artificial intelligence official says the foundation is set for the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center \u2014 but now it must deliver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe foundational elements are now in place. What we have to do in the course of the next one to two years is deliver. This is about delivery first and foremost,\u201d Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan said during a virtual Mitchell Institute event June 4. \u201cWhat we have to do is show that we\u2019re making a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Department of Defense announced in January that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/artificial-intelligence\/2020\/01\/31\/pentagons-top-artificial-intelligence-official-to-retire\/\" target=_blank>Shanahan would be depart this summer<\/a>. He took over the JAIC in December 2018. Before that, he oversaw Project Maven, a pathfinder effort to utilize AI and machine learning for analyzing full-motion video.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/it-networks\/2020\/05\/22\/the-pentagons-artificial-intelligence-hub-wants-unilateral-acquisition-power\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CommandConvo_Shanahan_2.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">The Pentagon\u2019s artificial intelligence hub wants unilateral acquisition power<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan said May 21 that the JAIC needs the authority to buy its own artificial intelligence technology in order to move fast.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over his year-and-a-half tenure at the JAIC, Shanahan grew the organization from just a handful of people to a fully operational team with funding and adequate staffing. As the center\u2019s first director, Shanahan rhetorically pushed the focus on military AI away from the idea of killer robots and toward data analysis and maintenance efforts. He oversaw both the JAIC\u2019s efforts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/artificial-intelligence\/2020\/02\/24\/the-pentagon-now-has-5-principles-for-artificial-intelligence\/\" target=_blank>develop five principles of AI for the DoD<\/a> and the awarding of the center\u2019s first major contract \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/artificial-intelligence\/2020\/05\/18\/booz-allen-hamilton-wins-massive-pentagon-artificial-intelligence-contract\/\" target=_blank>a five-year, $800 million task order to Booz Allen Hamilton<\/a> for AI services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn the 18 months that I\u2019ve been in the seat, I\u2019d say we put all the foundational elements in place,\u201d Shanahan said. \u201cTaking an organization that was in June 2018 [made up of] four volunteers with no money and a couple of cubicles in different spots to work out of, to where we are today with 185 people with a $1.3 billion budget \u2014 we\u2019ve grown so fast that we\u2019ve exceeded our current spaces and we\u2019re moving into a separate facility. All of that\u2019s happened in 18 months. For the Department of Defense, that\u2019s as fast of a growth spurt as you can possibly imagine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On June 1, Shanahan passed on the reins to Chief Technology Officer Nand Mulchandani, who will serve as interim director until a permanent three-star general or flag officer is confirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn the interim, I am thrilled that our chief technology officer, Nand Mulchandani \u2014 over 26 years of experience at Silicon Valley doing this for a living at software companies \u2014 will be the acting director. He transformed the organization from the moment he showed up, and he\u2019s intently focused on [Joint All Domain Command and Control], looking at it from a different lens of a software company CEO,\u201d Shanahan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mulchandani joined the JAIC in 2019 as the chief technology officer after a quarter century of work as a senior executive in Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLt. General Shanahan leaves behind an incredible legacy as an AI pioneer for the Department of Defense. His 36 years of faithful service to our nation culminating in the establishment of Project Maven and the JAIC is truly inspiring,\u201d Mulchandani said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retiring Director Lt. Gen. 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