ROBOTICS AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS 4/9/2021 iStock illustration The head of the Pentagon’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center said the office supports recommendations outlined by the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence, which called for sweeping changes to ensure the United States is “AI-ready” by 2025. The report offers readers “a deep understanding and a deep analysis of down to first principles, bare metal for what it takes for AI integration and preserving our military effectiveness,” said Lt. Gen. Michael Groen, JAIC director. “What they produced is critically important and critically important for us in the department, but it's also critically important for our national competitiveness.”