DARPA Project to Create AI-Enabled Cultural Interpreters to Aid Defense Operations Our Bureau 1216
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research and Projects Agency (DARPA) is working on Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled interpreters to aid in military operations.
Communicative understanding, not simply of local languages but also of social customs and cultural backgrounds, lies at the heart of Civil Affairs and Military Information Support Operations activities. These collectively comprise a vast majority of U.S. counterinsurgency and stabilization efforts. Within these activities, cross-cultural miscommunication can derail negotiations, incite hostile discourse – even lead to war. The likelihood of communicative failure increases dramatically where significant social, cultural, or ideological differences exist.
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Created in June 2020, MEI’s Defense Leadership Series is a speakers forum for current and former high-level military and defense leaders from both the United States and the Middle East to discuss the most important policy issues facing the two sides. The Series was inaugurated on June 10 with a conversation with U.S. Marine Corps General and Commander of CENTCOM Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr.
In this episode, MEI Senior Fellow and Director of the Defense and Security Program Bilal Y. Saab speaks to former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East Simone Ledeen, currently a Nonresident Senior Fellow with MEI s Defense and Security Program. This conversation will focus on U.S. policies toward the Middle East during the Trump administration and lessons learned. Saab will be taking audience questions throughout, and factor as many as possible into the discussion.
SecDef nominee pledges to evaluate information operations January 20 President Joe Biden s nominee for secretary of defense, retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin, at his confirmation hearing Jan. 19 before the Senate Armed Services Committee. (Greg Nash/Getty Images pool) WASHINGTON Retired Gen. Lloyd Austin, President Joe Biden’s pick to run the Department of Defense, explained that he sees no new authorities needed to conduct operations in the information environment and pledged to review the department’s posture in the domain. If confirmed, Austin will regularly assess DoD’s authorities for the information environment, as well as the department’s resources and strategic alignment, he said in responses to a questionnaire for his Jan. 19 confirmation hearing.
Marine Corps builds tactical cyber force to help with growing threats December 21, 2020 Only remote cyber operations were allowed in the past. The Marine Corps is changing that by pushing expertise to the fleet. (Master Sgt. Barry Loo/ Air Force) WASHINGTON ― With limited resources and increasing threats, experts at U.S. Cyber Command cannot conduct operations for everyone and protect everything. As a result, the Marine Corps is spreading expertise and resources from high-end cyber warriors to the fleet as it builds prowess in the domain, with new cyber-focused careers for Marines and first-time tactical cyber forces. The shift is a big one because presidential rules permitted only remote operations from Cyber Command for many years.