Requires the Commander of the United States Cyber Command and the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense to develop a five-year implementation plan for rapidly adopting and acquiring artificial intelligence systems to support the Department of Defense.
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This is a binding legislative provision enacted by the United States Congress as part of the National Defense Authorization Act, containing mandatory requirements with specific deadlines and enforcement through congressional oversight mechanisms.
The document has minimal to good coverage of approximately 5-7 subdomains, with primary focus on AI system security (2.2), malicious actors and cyberattacks (4.1, 4.2), competitive dynamics (6.4), and AI system safety failures (7.2, 7.3). Coverage is concentrated in security, defense against adversarial AI, and capability development domains.
This document primarily governs AI use within the National Security sector, specifically for Department of Defense cyber operations. It also has minimal coverage of Scientific Research and Development Services through references to DARPA's involvement in AI research for cyber applications.
The document comprehensively covers all AI lifecycle stages from planning through operational monitoring, with particular emphasis on the Plan and Design, Deploy, and Operate and Monitor stages. It requires development of a five-year roadmap covering identification, development, acquisition, adoption, and sustainment of AI systems for cyber operations.
The document explicitly mentions AI systems and applications throughout, with focus on artificial intelligence systems for cyber operations. It does not specifically mention frontier AI, general purpose AI, foundation models, generative AI, predictive AI, or compute thresholds. There is no explicit mention of open-weight or open-source models.
United States Congress
The document is Section 1554 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, which is enacted by the United States Congress as the legislative authority.
congressional defense committees; United States Congress
The congressional defense committees serve as the enforcement body through oversight mechanisms, requiring mandatory briefings and monitoring compliance with the statutory requirements.
congressional defense committees; Commander of the United States Cyber Command; Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense
The congressional defense committees monitor implementation through required briefings. The Commander and Chief Information Officer also have monitoring responsibilities for tracking progress against milestones and metrics.
Commander of the United States Cyber Command; Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense; Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer of the Department; Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency; Director of the National Security Agency; Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering; Commander of Joint-Force Headquarters Department of Defense Information Networks; Secretaries of the military departments; Cyberspace Operations Forces of the Department of Defense
The document targets specific Department of Defense officials and entities responsible for developing and implementing AI systems for cyber operations. These entities are both governance actors (in their regulatory/oversight roles) and AI developers (in their development and acquisition roles).
6 subdomains (2 Good, 4 Minimal)