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Image : Lauren Barrett Knausenberger , Air Force Chief Information Officer , receives a mission brief from the 2nd Communications Squadron during an official visit to Barksdale Air Force
Base , Louisiana , June 16 , 2021 . During her visit ,
Knausenberger interacted with Airmen from across Air Force Global Strike Command and familiarised herself with their role in the mission .
And that ’ s everything from having reliable transport through compute , through end-user devices and DevSecOps services .
“ And then finally data and AI . And that ’ s all about operationalising data for decision advantage , getting ready for embedding AI and ML responsibly and ethically into more of what we do on a day-to-day basis .
“ The overall mission of all of this is to shorten the literal and proverbial kill chain and deliver decision advantage so that , as we go into whatever mission we have , people have the information . They can rely on their systems and they can conduct their mission with our joint partners and our allies . That we can continue to fly , fight and win .”
With technologies like ChatGPT having taken the world by storm , generative AI solutions will continue to hold a role in the DAF ’ s strategy going forward .
“ Generative AI already has really taken the world by storm and it will continue to ,” Knausenberger comments . “ And as we adopt in the Department of Defense , there
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