DoD's Digital Artificial Intelligence Transformation

The Deputy Chief Digital Artificial Intelligence Officer at the DoD discusses the need for a new organization focused on digital transformation. The DoD has been on a digital journey for almost a decade, starting with innovation cells that tackled challenges in warfighting and technology. The CDAO was formed to scale digitization, innovation, and agility. The department aims to decentralize innovation across the organization and make data, AI algorithms, and analytic tools accessible to those solving problems. The DoD has released a new data analytics and AI adoption strategy to drive organizational change and create agility. The hierarchy of needs for digital transformation includes foundational enablers, data quality, analytics, and AI.