Amends the Intelligence Authorization Act to designate Chief Artificial Intelligence Officers. Requires the Chief Information Officer to identify reusable AI systems and promote sharing AI data and systems. Mandates performance tracking of AI systems.
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This is a section of the National Defense Authorization Act passed by the United States Congress, which is binding federal legislation with mandatory requirements for intelligence community elements.
The document has minimal coverage of risk domains, with limited focus on AI system security (2.2), governance structures (6.5), and system safety/robustness (7.3, 7.4). The document primarily establishes governance structures and procurement practices rather than directly addressing specific AI risks and harms.
This document exclusively governs AI development and usage within the National Security sector, specifically the Intelligence Community. It establishes governance structures, sharing requirements, and performance tracking for AI systems used by intelligence community elements.
The document covers multiple AI lifecycle stages with primary focus on deployment and operational monitoring. It addresses planning through designation of Chief AI Officers, model building through sharing of code and model weights, deployment through procurement practices, and operation through mandatory performance tracking.
The document explicitly mentions AI systems and addresses technical components including models, model weights, and custom-developed code. It does not specifically mention frontier AI, general purpose AI, foundation models, or compute thresholds, focusing instead on commonly used AI systems within the intelligence community context.
United States Congress
The document is Section 6602 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, which is proposed and enacted by the United States Congress as indicated in the document header.
Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Community; Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer of the Intelligence Community; heads of elements of the intelligence community
The Chief Information Officer and Chief AI Officer of the Intelligence Community are designated to coordinate implementation, while heads of IC elements are responsible for ensuring compliance with tracking and evaluation requirements.
heads of elements of the intelligence community; Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Community
Heads of IC elements are explicitly required to track and evaluate AI performance across multiple dimensions, while the Chief Information Officer coordinates identification of reusable systems.
Intelligence Community elements; Chief Artificial Intelligence Officers; Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Community; heads of elements of the intelligence community
The document applies to elements of the Intelligence Community, their Chief AI Officers, and heads of these elements, requiring them to designate officers, share AI systems, adopt policies, and track performance.
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