Omnibus hands $100M increase to Pentagon's artificial-intelligence 'pathfinder'

摘要

The omnibus appropriations law increases funding for the Pentagon's marquee artificial intelligence program by $ 100 million in fiscal year 2018. The FY-18 appropriations bill funds the Pentagon's Algorithmic Warfare Cross-Functional Team, otherwise known as Project Mavcn, to the tune of $131 million after the Defense Department sought just $31 million for the program in its budget request. The project is funded with research and development dollars under "general support" to the under secretary of defense for intelligence.