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Artificial Intelligence for the Armed Forces Act of 2020

Introduced: June 16, 2020 Introduced by: Heinrich, Martin Democratic · New Mexico See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Jun 16, 2020
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Artificial Intelligence for the Armed Forces Act of 2020

This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to (1) exercise authority and direction over the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center; (2) develop a training and certification program on software development, data science, and artificial intelligence that is tailored to the needs of the covered human resources workforce (i.e., the human resources professionals, hiring managers, and recruiters who are or will be responsible for hiring software developers, data scientists, or artificial intelligence professionals); (3) issue guidance to the secretaries of the military departments and the heads of the defense components on improved use of the direct hiring processes for artificial intelligence professionals and other data science and software development personnel; and (4) modify the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test to add a new subtest addressing computational thinking skills relevant to military applications.

What's happening now June 16, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

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