Sec. 608. Artificial intelligence research and development
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Congress finds the following: All elements of the intelligence community employ artificial intelligence in some form, and the artificial intelligence research and development efforts of many of the elements overlap; the elements do not adequately share resources, expertise, and data and often fail to make even closely related systems interoperate; siloed artificial intelligence research and development inefficiently splits resources across the intelligence community leading to duplicative and less effective capabilities; developing state-of-the-art artificial intelligence capabilities requires large quantities of training data, computing power, and subject matter expertise; research and development is the largest cost driver for artificial intelligence capabilities but once developed, artificial intelligence capabilities are generally inexpensive to provide to more users; the Director of National Intelligence has addressed similar challenges in the realm of information technology through the IC IT Enterprise initiative; the IC IT Enterprise initiative has successfully consolidated capabilities like cloud computing and identity management into intelligence community-wide capabilities, primarily by selecting executive agents from within the intelligence community to take the lead in their respective areas of interest and excellence; and the Augmenting Intelligence through Machines initiative of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence has centralized strategic thinking in its strategy for augmenting intelligence using machines but has not sufficiently coordinated the artificial intelligence and machine learning research programs of the intelligence community to encourage efficiency and avoid duplication of effort.
It is the sense of Congress that— consolidating the resources of the intelligence community regarding artificial intelligence research and development to carry out intelligence community-wide efforts would yield economies of scale and improve mission outcomes; and the Augmenting Intelligence through Machines initiative of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence should lead such efforts. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Community, the Chief Data Officer of the Intelligence Community, the Director of Science and Technology of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and the heads of elements of the intelligence community the Director determines appropriate, shall identify research areas, applications, supporting technologies, and infrastructure regarding artificial intelligence that— would advance the mission of multiple elements of the intelligence community, with an emphasis in areas that are already being worked on by multiple elements; can be either assigned to an executive agent or addressed by a joint research and development effort; and have the potential to significantly impact intelligence outcomes or the efficiency of the intelligence community.
With respect to each research area, application, supporting technology, or infrastructure identified under subsection (b), the Director shall develop an implementation plan to consolidate research and development, program management, acquisition, and sustainment into an intelligence community-wide effort that results in intelligence community-wide capabilities. Each such plan shall include— an outline of the most significant barriers to creating effective, intelligence community-wide artificial intelligence capabilities; and recommendations to overcome such barriers.
Not later than 180 days after the date on which the Director identifies a research area, application, supporting technology, or infrastructure under subsection (b), the Director shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees the plan under paragraph (1).