Lt. General Jack Shanahan: AI in the DoD, Project Maven, and Bridging the Tech-DoD Gap

In episode 35 of The Gradient Podcast, guest host Sharon Zhou speaks to Jack Shanahan.

John (Jack) Shanahan was a Lieutenant General in the United States Air Force, retired after a 36-year military career. He was the inaugural Director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) in the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). He was also the Director of the Algorithmic Warfare Cross-Functional Team (Project Maven). Currently, he is a Special Government Employee supporting the National Security Commission on Artificial …

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