Department of Defense Releases AI Toolkit
Summary
On November 14, 2023, the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) announced its Responsible Artificial Intelligence (RAI) Toolkit, which implements the DoD’s AI Ethical Principles. The Toolkit is part of the DoD’s Strategy & Implementation Pathway, which was announced last year, and was created by the RAI Division, the DoD Responsible AI Working Council and experts from academia, industry and government. The RAI Toolkit provides assessments, tools, and examples to help align AI projects with the DoD’s best practices for RAI and AI Ethical Principles. The core of the Toolkit is the SHIELD assessment, consisting of six sequential steps: • Set foundations • Hone operationalizations • Improve and innovate • Evaluate status • Log for traceability • Detect via continuous monitoring
