WARNER, REED, COONS PRESS PENTAGON, DNI FOR ANSWERS ON REPORTED AI FAILURES IN MILITARY OPERATIONS – legacynewspaper.com

WARNER, REED, COONS PRESS PENTAGON, DNI FOR ANSWERS ON REPORTED AI FAILURES IN MILITARY OPERATIONS  legacynewspaper.com

~ Senators call for Inspector General investigations, warn rush to deploy AI without adequate safeguards risks “grave operational miscalculations” ~ WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Chris Coons (D-DE), Ranking Member of ~ Senators call for Inspector General investigations, warn rush to deploy AI without adequate safeguards risks “grave operational miscalculations” ~ WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Chris Coons (D-DE), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Defense, called on Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton to investigate reported failures involving the use of artificial intelligence in U.S.

military and intelligence operations and provide relevant Inspectors General unrestricted access to examine the incidents. The senators’ letter follows public reports of an AI-targeting platform relying on outdated geospatial data in a kinetic strike in Minab, Iran, and an aborted military interdiction operation after AI-generated false information was included in disseminated U.S. intelligence. “Recent events – including public reports of an AI-targeting platform relying on outdated geospatial data in a kinetic strike in Minab, Iran and a