Sec. 5205. Briefing on explainable artificial intelligence
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall brief the congressional defense committees on the development and applications of explainable artificial intelligence. The briefing required under subsection
(a)shall address the following: The extent to which the Department of Defense currently uses and prioritizes explainable artificial intelligence. The limitations of explainable artificial intelligence and the plans of the Department to address those limitations. The future plans of the Department to require explainable artificial intelligence, particularly in technologies that have warfighting applications. Any potential roadblocks to the effective deployment of explainable artificial intelligence across the Department. Identification and description of programs and activities, including funding and schedule, to develop or procure explainable artificial intelligence to meet defense requirements and technology development goals. Such other matters as the Secretary considers appropriate. The briefing required under subsection
(a)shall be provided in unclassified form, but may include a classified supplement. In this section, the term explainable artificial intelligence means artificial intelligence that has the ability to demonstrate the rationale behind its decisions in order for its human user to comprehend and characterize the strengths and weaknesses of its decisionmaking process, as well as understand how it will behave in the future in the contexts in which it is used.