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Looking for ideas and technology that the DoD wants commercialized? Defense Department pledges billions toward artificial intelligence research

September 9, 2018 /

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The military’s research arm said Friday it will invest up to $2 billion over the next five years toward new programs advancing artificial intelligence, stepping up both a technological arms race with China and an ideological clash with Silicon Valley over the future of powerful machines.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, part of the Defense Department, said it will fund dozens of new research efforts as part of a "Third Wave" campaign aimed at developing machines that can learn and adapt to changing environments.

By Drew Harwell

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/09/07/defense-department-pledges-billions-toward-artificial-intelligence-research/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.33f627f0aee3

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