Advertisement “America is not prepared to defend or compete in the AI era.” The introduction to the final report of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence released on March 2 does not mince words. The United States, in its telling, needs to start taking artificial intelligence seriously at a national level, lest it be overtaken by China and exposed to AI-driven threats from malicious actors of all types. The report itself covers a wide range of topics related to AI, but its focus (unsurprisingly, given that the commission was created through the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act) is principally on national security implications. There is one particular aspect of the report which is worth a closer examination: its call, in chapter 3, for the U.S. to bring its global military allies and partners together around a common set of AI standards for interoperability and common operational doctrine for the development and use of AI-driven emerging technologies.