Instructs the Secretary of Defense to develop a plan for establishing AI-related information technology infrastructure, and to create a related working group.
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This is a binding statutory provision enacted by the U.S. Congress as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, containing mandatory obligations on the Secretary of Defense with specific timelines and reporting requirements.
This document has minimal risk domain coverage, focusing primarily on infrastructure planning and governance structures for AI development within the Department of Defense. It addresses governance failure (6.5) through establishment of oversight mechanisms and working groups, and touches on system safety through requirements for testing and validation infrastructure. The document is procedural and planning-focused rather than risk-mitigation focused.
This document governs AI infrastructure development exclusively within the National Security sector, specifically the Department of Defense and its various agencies and military services. It does not extend governance to civilian sectors.
The document comprehensively covers multiple AI lifecycle stages, with primary focus on Plan and Design (infrastructure planning), Build and Use Model (development environments), Verify and Validate (testing infrastructure), Deploy (fielding), and Operate and Monitor (continuous updating). It addresses the entire lifecycle from planning through operational monitoring.
The document explicitly mentions AI capabilities and AI systems throughout, focusing on artificial intelligence development infrastructure. It references the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center and Department of Defense Artificial Intelligence Data Initiative, but does not specify particular AI types (frontier, general purpose, generative, etc.) or compute thresholds.
United States Congress
The document is a section of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, which is enacted by the United States Congress as the legislative authority.
congressional defense committees; Secretary of Defense
The congressional defense committees receive mandatory reports and provide oversight, while the Secretary of Defense has authority to implement and enforce the plan within the Department.
congressional defense committees; working group on digital development infrastructure implementation
Congressional defense committees monitor implementation through mandatory reporting requirements, and the working group monitors the development and implementation of the infrastructure plan.
Secretary of Defense; Department of Defense; Office of Chief Data Officer (CDO); Component Offices of Chief Information Officer and Chief Digital Officer; Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC); Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research & Engineering (OUSD (R&E)); Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment (OUSD (A&S)); Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence & Security (OUSD (I&S)); Service Acquisition Executives; Office of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E); Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); military services and defense agencies
The document applies to the Secretary of Defense and various Department of Defense entities, requiring them to develop infrastructure plans and participate in a working group for AI development capabilities.
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