Pentagon Tech Chief Sees AI Used for Efficiency, Not to Shrink

The Pentagon is embracing AI broadly among employees and contractors to make their jobs easier and increase productivity, Emil Michael, under secretary of defense for research and engineering, says on Bloomberg TV.

• Some companies are using AI “as an excuse to slim down the companies they already wanted to slim down,” he says when asked about Standard Chartered CEO AI comments
  • “We’re not shrinking,” he adds
• NOTE: StanChart Fields Regulator Queries After CEO’s AI Comments

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