Feinberg orders major shakeup in Pentagon’s AI enterprise

Feinberg orders major shakeup in Pentagon’s AI enterprise

The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering is taking over the “authority, direction, and control” of the Pentagon’s Chief Digital and AI Office, according to new guidance issued Thursday by Deputy Secretary of Defense Stephen Feinberg that presents an accelerated plan to disrupt and transform how the emerging technology is adopted across the Defense Department and military. “By aligning the CDAO under the USD(R&E),…