Army Gen. Paul M. Nakasone, Director of the National Security Agency, today announced the creation of a new organization to oversee the development and integration of artificial intelligence capabilities within the United States’ national security system.
The AI Security Center will serve as a focal point for developing best practices, assessment methodologies, and risk frameworks aimed at facilitating the secure adoption of new AI capabilities across the national security enterprise and defense industrial base. Masu.
The new organization will integrate the agency’s various artificial intelligence and security-related activities.
“The AI Security Center will work closely with U.S. industry, national laboratories, and academia. [intelligence community] and the Department of Defense, and selected foreign partners,” Nakasone said at a discussion hosted by the National Press Club in Washington.
He added that NSA’s unique talent and expertise make it well suited to support the government’s efforts to keep the United States competitive in the AI field.
U.S. officials have emphasized the growing role of AI in shaping the national security landscape and are taking steps to shape the future of emerging technologies.
Nakasone noted that the latest strategies guiding the United States’ national security, defense, and intelligence are increasingly emphasizing the important role of AI.
In January, the Department of Defense updated a 2012 directive governing the responsible development of autonomous weapons systems to bring standards in line with advances in artificial intelligence.
In 2020, the Department also published a Responsible AI Strategy and Implementation Pathway. It serves as an important example of U.S. leadership promoting responsible management of rapidly emerging technologies.
The United States has also introduced a Political Declaration on the Responsible Military Use of Artificial Intelligence, seeking to further codify norms for the responsible use of artificial intelligence.
Nakasone, commander of U.S. Cyber Command and director of the Central Security Agency, warned that as AI technology matures, it is important for the United States to maintain its leadership in the field.
“AI will become increasingly important to national security for our country and our allies and partners in diplomatic, technological, and economic issues,” Nakasone said.
“Today, the United States leads in this important area, but this lead should not be taken for granted,” he said. “Our adversaries, who have used the theft and exploitation of our intellectual property for decades to advance their own interests, will take advantage of our advances in AI and “They will try to corrupt the application of this,” he said.
He said it was imperative that the NSA set a clear path forward to address “both the opportunities and challenges of AI as the industry moves rapidly forward with innovation.”
“AI security is about protecting AI systems from learning, doing, and revealing things wrong,” he said.
“Ensuring AI security requires building a solid understanding of AI vulnerabilities, foreign intelligence threats to these AI systems, and how threats can be encountered,” he said. “We must also ensure that malicious foreign actors cannot steal America’s innovative AI capabilities.”